Trump Admin Funding 'Trick' to Block Oversight, Not Just Lawmakers
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has issued new rules requiring seven days' notice for congressional visits to ICE detention centers, following an ICE officer's killing of a Minnesota mother and subsequent attempts by Rep. Ilhan Omar and others to visit. Noem claims a federal judge's ruling on the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA) funds allows this, arguing visits were 'circus-like.' One
might wonder if the 'circus' is the oversight, or what they're trying to hide from it. This isn't about 'safety' as Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin suggests; it’s about controlling the narrative, reducing accountability, and ensuring that what happens behind those walls stays behind those walls. The OBBBA isn't an obscure legal loophole; it's a convenient shield to prevent uncomfortable
truths from reaching the public, just as it was used to justify policies previously deemed illegal.