ICE Chief Pledges to Admit Lawmakers After Newark Skirmish
Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty ImagesUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement will allow members of Congress to inspect detention facilities with or without appointments, the head of the agency pledged to a House panel.
Acting Director Todd Lyons on Wednesday said he and his team are committed to allowing lawmakers to conduct oversight at immigrant jails, as laid out in federal law. Lyons testified after a May 9 incident at an ICE facility in Newark, N.J., involving several House Democrats during which the city’s mayor was arrested.