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Democrat says ICE blocked her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp

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Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facility Federal immigration officials in Texas prevented US representative Veronica Escobar from fully conducting her congressional oversight duties at a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) detention center, the lawmaker said in an…

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