Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center
Ron Wyden tells of โgrave concernsโ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facility The ranking member on the US Senateโs influential finance committee has demanded transparency over a proposed โfirst-of-its-kindโ ICE family and child detention center in Alexandria, Louisiana, citing reporting by the Guardian that first revealed the Trump administrationโs plans in March. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has written to the projectโs contractors and to the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] expressing concerns over conflicts of interest, environmental contamination, and โthe absence of a public processโ in the centerโs planning. Continue reading...