Bennie Thompson: “I think that is a fundamental principal of democracy in America that we should never take from anyone.”

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.

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

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.

Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke.