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Oct 7, 2025 Democratic senators Durbin and Duckworth were denied access to tour an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Illinois Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
Federal agents blocked sitting senators from exercising congressional oversight authority over a detention facility, an unusual denial one senator called unprecedented.
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- DOJ fired career prosecutors investigating Trump — The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, fired dozens of career prosecutors who worked on cases investigating the former president. Bondi refused to answer questions about whether she was firing career professionals specifically because they worked on January 6 investigations or other Trump-related cases.
- Democratic senators denied access to ICE detention facility in Illinois — U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth visited an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois on Friday, requesting a tour and attempting to deliver supplies to protesters, but were barred from entering. Both senators invoked their congressional oversight authority and expressed concern about undisclosed conditions inside the facility. Durbin stated he had never experienced such "stonewalling" from a presidential administration in his tenure.
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Week 38 – 2025-10-04–2025-10-10
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