Courts and Immigration Oversight

A federal judge refused to block DHS’s new rule requiring seven days’ notice for congressional visits to ICE facilities, saying the plaintiffs used the wrong procedural vehicle and suggesting lawmakers file a new challenge. The ruling leaves in place an incident in which Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota colleagues were asked to leave the Whipple Building ICE facility on Jan. 10, and advocates such as Democracy Forward say they will pursue further legal options to contest what they call an effort to evade congressional oversight.