The four Democrats in San Diego’s congressional delegation Monday toured an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in the basement of the Edward J. Schwartz federal courthouse downtown.

It was the third time they’d tried to get inside the facility to investigate reports of people being held “in subpar conditions, without access to attorneys, medical care, or proper nutrition,” according to a joint letter the legislators sent to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in October.

That was during the government shutdown, and the only response from DHS then was an automated one. The representatives tried to visit the site anyway, and were turned away on two separate October days.

Carlos Castillo / KPBS

On Monday morning, representatives were allowed into the detention ce

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