Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Democrat says ICE blocked her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility</p><p>Federal immigration officials in Texas prevented US representative Veronica Escobar from fully conducting her congressional oversight duties at a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">ICE</a>) detention center, the lawmaker said in an interview with the Guardian.</p><p>Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding areas on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-mexico-border" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US-Mexico border</a> in west Texas, conducted an oversight visit last month at the Camp East Montana ICE tent facility housed in the Fort Bliss military base, after two separate “disturbances” had been reported there in recent weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/22/texas-democrat-visit-ice-detention-camp-east-montana" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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