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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Dems demand emergency court hearing over access to ICE jails — with funding on the line

A group of House Democrats suing for access to federal immigration detention centers are demanding a federal judge’s urgent intervention after Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security quietly ordered new restrictions barring them from entering.

Democratic lawmakers are now suggesting they could block future funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they’re blocked from ICE facilities under Noem’s “brazen” order, attorneys wrote Monday.

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