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Lawmakers Still Being Kept out of Facilities With Immigrant Childrenhttps://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/lawmakers-still-kept-facilities-immigrant-children
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers keep getting denied access to tour facilities holding undocumented immigrant children who have been separated from their parents, causing some to speculate whether the federal government is shielding the living conditions there from public scrutiny.
... “We confirmed with both HHS and let our counterparts at the White House know that we were coming,” Denham told the security guard who denied him entry, a local ABC affiliate reported. ... “If you’ve got nothing to hide, I’d think you would want not only members of Congress to see, who are actually trying to write new laws to fix the situation, but I’d think you’d want the media to know as well,” Denham said in an interview with the ABC affiliate. “We want to make sure safety comes first for these kids.” ... Read more here |