After Minnesota Shooting, ICE Again Limits Congressional Visits
The New York Times••general
Key Points:
- The Trump administration reinstated limits requiring lawmakers to give seven days’ notice before unannounced visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, following the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer in Minneapolis.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memo reviving the policy, which closely mirrors a previous policy halted by a federal judge for violating appropriations law.
- Noem justified bypassing the court ruling by citing funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which significantly increased ICE’s budget.
- The decision is expected to escalate tensions between Democrats and the Trump administration amid heightened immigration enforcement and protests, particularly after the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
- Good’s killing sparked nationwide protests and intensified demonstrations against
