This is NOT how oversight is supposed to work.

The Department of Homeland Security has quietly rewritten some very important rules:

Congressional officials must now give 72 hours' notice before visiting an ICE detention facility.

Let us be clear — this is a massive rollback of basic government transparency.

For years, Democrats in Congress have relied on unannounced visits to expose human rights abuses, medical neglect, and abusive conditions inside detention centers.

Now, DHS is handing ICE a blank check to cover up what’s really going on.

And if they can block Congress from inspecting ICE sites today…

They can block the press tomorrow.
They can block the courts next.
They can do it all in secret.

We're checking in with engaged Democrats nationwide: 

Should members of Congress be allowed to conduct unannounced inspections of ICE detention facilities?