Crow, Neguse Conduct Unannounced Oversight Visit at Aurora’s ICE Facility
AURORA — Today, Congressmen Jason Crow (D-CO-06) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) conducted an unannounced oversight visit of the GEO ICE facility in Aurora.
Watch their video message here
The visit is their first since a federal judge granted Crow and Neguse emergency relief to visit federal immigration facilities unannounced, following the Trump Administration’s previous attempts to block them from doing so.
Under federal law, Members of Congress have the right to conduct unannounced oversight of DHS facilities used for immigration detention, including facilities run by ICE and those operated by private companies. Last month, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem secretly imposed a policy that Members of Congress must provide seven days’ notice before being granted access to federal immigration detention facilities, but Judge Jia Cobb last week temporarily ruled against the Trump Administration’s position.
In a joint statement, Congressmen Crow and Neguse said:
“The Trump Administration is trying to block Members of Congress from doing our jobs of conducting oversight. So we took them to court. The law is clear: Members of Congress have the right to conduct oversight of federal immigration facilities.
“Last year was the deadliest year at federal detention facilities in decades. Billions of taxpayer dollars are being used to carry out a violent and lawless immigration agenda. Coloradans deserve transparency and accountability.”
Since his election to Congress, Crow has fought to promote transparency, oversight, and accountability in federal immigration detention centers. He introduced bipartisan legislation guaranteeing Members of Congress the right to conduct unannounced, in-person oversight visits of ICE detention facilities, including to check on any concerns related to public health and the humane treatment of detained individuals.
Today’s oversight visit was Crow’s eleventh at the GEO ICE facility in Aurora since 2019. Crow’s staff have also visited the facility more than 80 times to conduct oversight. Public reports of such visits, along with conditions at the facility, are published on Crow’s website.
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