Bennie Thompson: “The importance of these grants cannot be understated.”

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

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

It should go without saying that administration officials should not be using Signal for discussing intelligence matters reserved for the situation room — not to mention doing so incompetently by including members of the public.

At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones.