"California Sen. Alex Padilla, who made an oversight visit with Sen. Adam Schiff to the California City detention facility last week, has introduced a bill to overhaul ICE detention and increase accountability. The bill, co-authored with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., would: End ICE family detention, where children are held; Only allow DHS to detain people it can show are a threat to public safety or national security; Require ICE facilities to meet the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards; Mandate unannounced inspections by the DHS inspector general, along with meaningful penalties if standards are not met; Phase out private detention facilities, run by for-profit companies; End the use of solitary confinement in immigr"
""It's lawlessness," he said. "They're mistreating immigrants on our streets, and they're mistreating immigrants in detention. It's violating the Constitution of the United States and it's violating our values." Six people have died in custody this month alone, according to ICE. That comes on top of 32 deaths in 2025, the highest number in two decades."
Rep. Ro Khanna made an oversight visit to the privately run California City immigration detention facility and called conditions alarming. Khanna described mistreatment of immigrants both on the streets and in detention and labeled the conduct unlawful and unconstitutional. ICE reported six deaths in custody this month and 32 deaths in 2025, the highest number in two decades. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff also conducted oversight visits. Padilla, with Sen. Cory Booker, introduced legislation to end family detention, limit DHS detention to demonstrable threats, require ABA standards, mandate unannounced inspections, phase out private facilities, and end solitary confinement.
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