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House committee debates oversight access after Delaney Hall incident; Noem condemns protesters who entered facility
Summary
Republican and Democratic members clashed over an incident in which members of Congress and protesters entered Delaney Hall detention facility. Secretary Noem described the event as an assault on law enforcement; other members said they were conducting oversight. Committee accepted related materials into the record and signaled further review.
Secretary Kristi Noem and multiple members of the House Homeland Security Committee sparred over an event at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, where several members of Congress and accompanying protesters entered a facility on May 9.
Noem told the committee the entry was “not oversight” but “a political stunt” that “put the safety of our law enforcement officers, our agents, our staff, and our detainees at risk.” She said footage…
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