Legislative push would crack open child immigration detention facilities to lawmakers

Lawmakers are taking action to try and secure access to detainment facilities in which children separated from their parents at the border are being held, as Democrats have complained in recent weeks about being barred from entry as they seek to draw attention to President Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy.

Legislation introduced in the House would allow members of Congress to “visit the facilities during reasonable hours, and also ensure press access, by allowing media to accompany them on these essential inspections,” a press release from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., announced on Thursday.