For the first time since reopening last year, independent monitors will have direct access to a for-profit immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas, that holds babies and children along with their parents who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The two outside observers are Stanford pediatrician Dr. Paul Wise and former U.S. attorney Andrea Sheridan Ordin. The judicial order empowers them to make unannounced visits, interview families and inspect ICE records at Dilley.
In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said she had “serious concerns” that ICE was not complying with a long-standing rule that prohibits prolonged detention of children.
I mean, the ICE facilities are still preventing the legislators that have oversight from going in unannounced right? Surely this new group with judicial permission won’t also be ignored…
They’ll be bringing deputized private security along with feds to gain entry.
Color me skeptical that they would be able to get feds to assist.