Rep. Benny Thompson (D-MS) mentioned Friday on MSNBC’s “weekday evening” that House members had been contemplating suing the Department of Homeland Security to dam entry to the ice detention middle.
Co-host Michael Steele mentioned: “Do I have to guarantee that the people behind these doorways are on the positioning and are chargeable for you as members of Congress who’ve sought the chance to observe as required and permitted by legislation?”
Thompson mentioned, “One of the issues we see is, to be sincere with you, whether or not we are able to go to court docket and power us to comply with the legislation. Secretaries should break the legislation as a result of staff at these services should break the legislation primarily based on their supervisors, or on this case the secretary says. We are chargeable for what they’re doing.
Co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend requested, “As a member of Congress, is he at the moment exploring authorized choices and will he file a lawsuit in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security, the NOEM Secretary, or a model of that?”
Thompson mentioned, “Yeah, there isn’t any doubt about that.”