Judge sides with Democrats against Trump, nixing latest limits on lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities

Judge sides with Democrats against Trump, nixing latest limits on lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration’s latest bid to limit lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities, ruling that it likely runs afoul of oversight measures that Congress implemented.  It’s the second time U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb has sided with the group of Democratic lawmakers suing. Cobb ruled in December that the Trump administration was violating a rider attached to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) annual appropriations…

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