Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, the largest immigrant detention center on the East Coast, was the sight of a May demonstration against the Trump administration's immigration policies. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor)

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus pledged Thursday to make more visits to immigration detention centers across the country to carry out oversight of the Trump administration’s crackdown.

The members detailed their visits to various detention centers over last week’s recess. Many people they visited in those centers were arrested while attending their court hearings or had no criminal record, they said.

“What we and our colleagues witnessed was the system being used to punish people simply for being an immigrant, and we all know that cruelty is the p

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