(13 Aug 2025)
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Baltimore – 13 August 2025
1. Various of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement sign at George H. Fallon Federal Building
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D):
“16 days ago, Congressman Mfume, Congresswoman Elfreth, Senator Alsobrooks, Congressman Olszewski, Congressman Ivey and I came to this building to inspect the ICE facility. We were refused entry at that time.”
3. Members of congress emblem on media stand
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D):
“This facility has been used to violate people’s constitutional due process rights. As they did in the case of Kilmar Ábrego García, he was held here. And by nine to zero, the Supreme Court determined that he had his due process rights violated .”
5. George H. Fallon Federal Building sign
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D):
“Today, we were denied the opportunity to talk to any of the detainees.”
7. Entrance to George H. Fallon Federal Building
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D):
“There’s nothing in Maryland law that prohibits a member of Congress from talking to the detainee. Clearly, they don’t want us talking to the people who are detained here.”
9. Tilt of George H. Fallon Federal Building
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D):
“So we leave with more questions than we came from. We left them with a long list of questions to provide us answers for.”
11. Wide of George H. Fallon Federal Building
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Maryland (D):
“They couldn’t tell me how many Haitians or Africans have been in this facility. Or how many people may have been from Mexico or Honduras. Or how many can’t have been from Europe, any European country. They said, ‘Well, we’ll have to get back to you on that.’ Well, a simple spreadsheet, which I assume you update every time you take somebody in, would answer that question.”
13. George H. Fallon Federal Building sign
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Sarah Elfreth, Maryland (D):
“So some of the questions we asked today are about, do people who are detained here have access to an attorney? Do they have the ability to call and meet with their family members? Do they have access to their medication or hospital needs? All of those questions we received some answers to. I’m not sure they were all satisfactory for what we would expect.”
15. Street near George H. Fallon Federal Building
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland (D): “So we asked them how many people have been detained, they did not have an answer to that question. We asked them what the maximum number of people who’ve been here at one time has been. They said over 100.”
17. U.S flag
STORYLINE:
A group of Maryland lawmakers attended a guided tour of a Baltimore U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on Wednesday morning after being denied entry last month.
During the tour, the lawmakers were not allowed to speak with detainees, said Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen.
The group, which included U.S. Representatives Kweisi Mfume and Sarah Elfreth, was able to see the holding rooms, sleeping mats and the handful of people detained at the holding facility. However, the tour was unable to provide some of the answers the Democrats were looking for.
"They couldn’t tell me how many Haitians or Africans have been in this facility. Or how many people may have been from Mexico or Honduras," said Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume. "A simple spreadsheet, which I assume you update every time you take somebody in, would answer that question."
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