Court blocks limits on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities

Court Slams Brakes On ICE: Sudden Inspections By Congress To Continue - Tampa Free Press

Federal judges have handed a significant defeat to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, blocking the agency’s attempt to force members of Congress to give a week’s notice before showing up for facility inspections. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order on May 8, 2026, denying the government’s emergency motion to stay a lower […] Court Slams Brakes On ICE: Sudden Inspections By Congress To Continue

Appeals court rules ICE must give members of Congress unfettered access

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that gave members of Congress unfettered access to ICE detention facilities, saying the agency was breaking the law by slapping restrictions on their comings and goings.

Court blocks limits on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed members of Congress to continue to conduct oversight visits to immigration detention facilities without a seven-day notice, with one judge saying the Department of Homeland Security did not show the visits were anything more than an administrative inconvenience. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit voted unanimously to reject a request from the Trump admin…