Bennie Thompson: “You know, you have to respect this institution. You know, we have to see whether or not it's ever been done before. If…”

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.

The department was using flat out wrong anti-union talking points.

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.

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