Axios reports:
In their fury over the Trump administration’s charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), House Democrats are planning to ramp up oversight visits to ICE facilities, Axios has learned. The prosecution effort has, to a shocking degree, galvanized Democrats on an issue that perennially divides them — with even the party’s centrist border hawks railing against it.
Members are getting increasingly angry and frustrated at the overreach, and now one of our members has been singled out for intimidation,” said House Administration Committee ranking member Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.). Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), a moderate, told Axios: “Democrats should be all over oversight. … We have to double down. We have to do more.”
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We know now more than EVER before: The Trump Administration’s cruelty and inhumanity knows no bounds.
HERE is the news Sen. DURBIN just broke after staff visited two ICE detention facilities. A THREAD. pic.twitter.com/UrJStBiXp4
— Senate Judiciary Democrats
(@JudiciaryDems) May 19, 2025
The Trump Administration has begun detaining pregnant women in facilities ill-equipped to manage their well-being and safety.
Detainees at the facility expressed serious concern for pregnant women and pregnant women told Committee staff they could not access adequate care.
— Senate Judiciary Democrats
(@JudiciaryDems) May 19, 2025
Individuals suffering from serious medical conditions struggled to receive adequate care, including easily accessible over-the-counter medications.
Cruelty and neglect are core to Trump’s detention and deportation agenda and were present in treatment by facility staff.
— Senate Judiciary Democrats
(@JudiciaryDems) May 19, 2025