
"After days of clashes between federal officers and protesters at an immigration jail in his home state of Illinois, Democratic US senator Dick Durbin on Sunday renewed demands to meet with Trump administration immigration officials. Durbin wrote on X that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) must be accountable for its actions amid the administration's cruel immigration crackdown. The post on Sunday morning came after Saturday night protests and arrests at an immigration detention center in Broadview, Illinois."
"Durbin, along with Illinois representative Delia Ramirez and other Democrats, have been pressing for a congressional oversight visit to the Broadview facility for weeks in connection with reports of poor conditions. According to a letter written by Durbin and Ramirez on Friday, Democratic members of Congress have been unable to access the Broadview facility nor meet with immigration officials, as they have requested."
Senator Dick Durbin renewed demands to meet Trump administration immigration officials following clashes between federal officers and protesters at the Broadview immigration jail in Illinois. Durbin demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) be held accountable amid a cruel immigration crackdown. Federal officials escalated operations in Illinois and arrested protesters outside the Broadview facility. Durbin, Representative Delia Ramirez, and other Democrats have sought a congressional oversight visit because of reports of poor conditions. ICE declined to support the requested visit, offered a meeting instead, and postponed that meeting to an unconfirmed October date. Protesters were sprayed with pepper spray, struck with rubber bullets, and arrested, while border patrol officers were recorded deploying teargas.
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