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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE hands members of Congress new memo blocking detention center visits — while they’re trying to get in

Federal judges have barred Donald Trump’s administration from turning away members of Congress who show up at immigration detention centers, where detainees have alleged inhumane conditions, lack of access to lawyers and lengthy stays inside prison-like cells.

But on their latest visit, lawmakers were handed a new memo that requires them to “specifically identify” who they’re meeting with — and give at least a two-day notice.

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