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 house aliens.”

In short, ICE policy is to illegally use the threat of shooting to keep elected Democrats from being able to make inspections they’re legally allowed to make

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    That’s easy to say when you aren’t the one facing a group with body armor and guns.

    Politicians do not train as SWAT teams

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      I’ve never heard “easy for you to say” more in my life than I have from Americans in the past six months.

      Sucks having everyone suggest that at some point you have to live up to your stated values.

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      Nobody in Washington deserves to be defended, not do any of them deserve our respect.

      None of them are on our side anyway.