Members of Congress and local officials have legal oversight authority over ICE detention centers. That means we can show up without notice and inspect conditions, but Members have been denied access across the country [to ICE detention centers]. When elected officials can't access detention centers, it becomes much harder to identify conditions that exist there. We've seen back home in Michigan, where we recently had a death in the Baldwin facility. (04:37–04:45)
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