U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is a co-sponsor of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act.

The bill aims to improve conditions and oversight at immigrant detention facilities, including at Camp East Montana in El Paso.

Key provisions in the bill require establishing minimum civil detention standards and allowing unannounced congressional inspections.

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar has joined forced with other congressional leaders in an attempt to establish "crucial oversight and basic human-rights protections" for the thousands of immigrants being held in public and private detention facilities.

Escobar is a co-sponsor of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act that looks to improve conditions within immigrant detention facilities across the country — including one of the largest lockups in E

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