MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida, was fixed a circuit of the Krome Detention Facility connected Thursday.
When she returned, Wilson said she saw a operation to accommodate the expanding fig of radical coming in.
“They did admit they are gathering a structure city,” she said. “It’s really similar a plexiglass oregon styrofoam with large pipes of aerial conditioning coming in.”
Local 10 News has embedded with national agents amid the crackdown connected radical successful the state illegally and with transgression records.
Those arrested are past taken to national facilities similar Krome, but allegations person emerged astir overcrowding successful videos shared to societal media.
“I did not witnesser that,” Wilson said, and without providing evidence, added, “They took radical retired contiguous truthful I wouldn’t spot it.”
She besides lashed retired against the detention of those without transgression records.
“Most of the radical are not criminals,” she said.
But nether U.S. code, a idiosyncratic is taxable to deportation without documents oregon if they overstay a visa.
Local 10 News’ Janine Stanwood asked if Wilson and different members of Congress had the appetite to alteration that law.
“We person to person the Republican Party, and I accidental that without immoderate reservation,” Wilson replied.
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Janine Stanwood
Janine Stanwood joined Local 10 News successful February 2004 arsenic an duty editor. She is present a wide duty reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the elder legislative analogous for a United States legislator connected Capitol Hill.