DHS said that while Congress members have the right to make unannounced visits to detention facilities for oversight, ICE field offices “fall outside” that purview.

Two days after the contract was announced, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., who serves as chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, asked the inspector general of the defense department ...

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (Mississippi), the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, said in a statement that the intention of the new policy was to “block congressional oversight of ...

Federal law allows members of Congress to visit any Department of Homeland Security facility unannounced to conduct oversight ...

Donald Trump threatened to send the National Guard to other American cities after a major legal win in California’s case ...

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On Tuesday, Thompson released the following statement, saying in part: "Once again, Donald Trump and his ghoulish minions continue to inflame a crisis of their own making. Despite the lies his ...

What You Need To Know Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing former President Donald Trump of inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 ...

Rep. Bennie Thomson exposed Secretary Kristi Noem for not giving due process to Americans she had deported illegally during a recent House hearing. California closes $12 billion budget deficit ...

A group of community leaders are calling on the Dodgers and other prominent Los Angeles sports teams to speak out against ICE raids across the region.

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