Amidst the ICE activity and protests around the Los Angeles area on Saturday, several Southern California congressional representatives said they tried to enter a federal building downtown where they said immigrant families are being detained.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, said he and several other Democratic House members attempted to visit the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on Saturday, June 7. He said, in a series of posts on social media, that the lawmakers were “exercising our congressional authority to investigate ICE’s inhuman detention of immigrant families” at the detention center but were denied entry.

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Federal law allows for a member of Congress or designated employees of the U.S. House or Senate to enter any facility operated by the Department of Homeland

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