After touring the Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago Friday, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said they gained some clarity but are still largely in the dark on details of President Donald Trump’s plan to use the base for an immigration roundup over the next month.

The Democratic senators and U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-IL, tried meeting with Department of Homeland Security officials Friday at the base, but DHS “refused” to meet and instead sent their officials home and locked the doors to the office that the senators and congressman wanted to view, they said.

“This kind of secrecy is not part of our government and it shouldn’t be,” Durbin said. “It’s an indication that there’s something about this mission they don’t want the public to know. We want to make sure that th

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