A Republican congressional delegation of twelve was denied access to a DEA illegal immigrant holding facility in El Paso yesterday.
The House members say they had been trying to obtain access for weeks and they were physically restricted from entering when they visited it yesterday.
Texas Republican Rep. Brian Babin tells Fox News:
“all I can say is, I don’t know what they have to hide. For some reason, we were not allowed in. I can only imagine what is it that they want to hide and not show the very representatives of the American people that have oversight over this facility that fund it and that authorize it. What don’t they want us to see?"
California Republican Rep. Mike Garcia adds:
“this is not something we surprised them with. We’ve been trying to get in there for a couple of weeks and it’s coming from the top. It's Coming from the White House. They don’t want us to see what it is. You can make a conjecture about why they won’t let us in there. In my opinion, they have data they are gathering at this intelligence center which clearly indicates that our open borders are actually a more serious than the average American understands right now."
Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler says “I would have liked to have the opportunity to visit with the FBI and the agents there to learn more about what the drug cartels are doing and what strategy we’re employing to stop them, but we were denied that opportunity."