U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., today toured the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, writing in a statement that detainees described unreliable access to legal and medical resources.

They also detailed being “moved across state lines in the dead of night without advance notice or understanding of where they were going,” Horsford said.

Last month, the representative said he was denied entry into the detention center, one of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in Southern Nevada.

“The Constitution is clear, and so are our laws – Congressional oversight is never optional,” Horsford said. “Based on conversations I had with detainees today, I’m also concerned that (the Department of Homeland Security) used the past three weeks to make improvements before I ar

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