SENATOR MURPHY DENIED ACCESS TO DHS DETENTION FACILITIES IN TEXAS, WITNESSES ICE LAWLESSNESS AT IMMIGRATION COURT, MEETS WITH DETAINEE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, this week traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to conduct oversight of the facilities DHS is using to detain individuals and families targeted by the Trump administration's lawless enforcement operations. Despite Murphy's constitutional and statutory right as a member of Congress to access federal buildings to ensure federal agencies are acting in compliance with the law, DHS illegally blocked Murphy from entering facilities in Dilley, Texas, and Pearsall, Texas. Murphy met with recent Dilley detainees, heard about inhumane conditions within the faci...