Bennie Thompson: “Well, I think there’s some questions of whether we have the authority to do it. We are looking at it. If the authorities…”

If ICE has nothing to hide, DHS must make its facilities available.

Essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.

There you have it. House Republicans have an hour to debate a nonbinding symbolic resolution but not even a few seconds to do the job that would actually pay our DHS workers. This is the Republican DHS shutdown.

That kind of talent, you just don't find it every day.