Crow, Neguse visit Aurora ICE facility after court ruling restored right to unannounced visits
U.S. Reps. Joe Neguse, left, and Jason Crow, right, conducted an unannounced oversight visit to the ICE detention center in Aurora on Thursday. (Screenshot from Rep. Jason Crow's X account)
Two Colorado Democrats in Congress conducted an unannounced oversight visit Thursday at an immigration detention center in Aurora.
U.S. Reps. Jason Crow of Aurora and Joe Neguse of Lafayette say they made the visit to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility a few days after a federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that prevented members of Congress from making unannounced oversight visits at facilities that hold immigrants. Neguse is the lead plaintiff in that case, with Crow and other congressional Democrats also named as plaintiffs.
“Last year was the deadliest year at federal detention facilities in decades,” the lawmakers said in a joint statement. “Billions of taxpayer dollars are being used to carry out a violent and lawless immigration agenda. Coloradans…