Bennie Thompson actually said...

I am glad this hearing can build upon the school safety field hearing this subcommittee held last year in New Jersey.

How, one might ask, did these blatant violations of detention standards and, for that matter, human decency, continue under ICE's watch?

This is unacceptable.

In recent years, the number of people in ICE custody has been steadily rising and now exceeds 50,000.