Washington, Jan. 29 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:
Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) was illegally denied entry by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for an oversight visit to their facility in Burlington, Massachusetts. ICE continues to falsely claim that the facility is only a field office and not a detention center, despite documented reporting showing detainees held in Burlington for extended time periods under inadequate conditions.
View Rep. Larson's remarks outside of the Burlington ICE Facility.
"Today, Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security decided they would rather break federal law than show us what was behind the doors at ICE," said Larson. "Members of Congress are charged with the ...