We will put this before the United States House of Representatives, asks for a criminal referral. If we get the votes, the speaker will then transmit that document to Merrick Garland. And he has to do his job.
Rep. Bennie Thompson stated that the committee will refer criminal charges to the House and expects the Attorney General to act on them.
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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.
Essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities.
This unlawful policy is a smokescreen to deny Member visits to ICE offices across the country, which are holding migrants – and sometimes even U.S. citizens – for days at a time.
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