Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge in Washington declined to immediately block the Department of Homeland Security's new policy requiring lawmakers to give seven days' notice before visiting immigration detention facilities.
- Judge Jia M. Cobb ruled that lawmakers challenging the policy must revise their lawsuit to address the Trump administration's updated legal rationale for the policy.
- The policy had been previously blocked by Judge Cobb in December, based on appropriations law requiring detention centers to be open to congressional oversight.
- The Trump administration reinstated the policy by citing a different funding source, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, to bypass the earlier court order.
- The ruling followed an emergency hearing after Democratic lawmakers were denied access to a detention center under the new policy, with the judge emphasizing the need
