Trump Administration Blocks Needed Oversight of Immigration Detention

Expand U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010. © 2010 Reuters The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has blocked staff from the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Reform from visiting immigrant detention facilities after recent inspections uncovered more disturbing reports of abuse. The reports included one instance of a Border Patrol agent telling a child who had spilled soup that he would not be given…

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