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Committee member urges unannounced congressional and independent oversight of detention facilities
Summary
The committee member called on members of Congress and independent entities to conduct unannounced oversight visits to detention facilities, saying such oversight is needed because operators and DHS block inspections.
The committee member urged the House Judiciary Committee and other oversight authorities to insist on unannounced inspections of detention facilities, saying that if lawmakers truly supported oversight they would conduct surprise visits to ascertain conditions.
The speaker framed the call as consistent with recent legal and local efforts: "If the Republicans really wanted to know what was happening at Delaney Hall or any other detention facility, they would push for unannounced congressional and independent oversight," the committee member said. The member noted state and local officials, including the governor and the New Jersey attorney general, had taken action to force inspections at one facility.
The transcript records this as a recommendation and critique rather than a formal committee direction; no formal vote or motion to require unannounced visits was presented in the hearing record.
