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., The policy says that ICE field offices are not subject to a federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise , In a post in response to Garcia on social media, the DHS account said: “Congressman, all members and staff need to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on , The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is placing new limitations on lawmakers seeking to visit detention facilities, releasing guidelines in the wake of visits from Democrats that have turned c…, Under federal law, DHS is forbidden from preventing members of Congress from entering any facility "used to detain or otherwise house aliens," and lawmakers do not have to give DHS prior notice of , The Department of Homeland Security has issued a new policy limiting congressional lawmakers' access to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, a move that several House Democrats are criticizing as a violation of their right to conduct oversight. The guidance, dated this month, comes after confrontations between Democratic officials a.