Federal appeals court upholds unannounced ICE detention centre inspections
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Updated · The New York Times · May 8
Federal appeals court upholds unannounced ICE detention centre inspections
10 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 8
A unanimous three-judge DC Circuit panel ordered the Trump administration to keep allowing members of Congress to enter facilities without seven days' notice.
The ruling preserves, for now, Democrats' ability to check detention conditions, with Judge Neomi Rao saying the government showed little harm beyond administrative inconvenience.
The dispute follows Homeland Security policies imposed last year as the administration seeks to expand detention capacity and facilities face repeated allegations of human rights abuses.
With detainee deaths at a two-decade high, can unannounced inspections truly prevent more tragedies inside America's rapidly expanding detention system?
As billions are funneled into new detention centers via military contracts, what does this opaque spending mean for taxpayer accountability?