Live stream: Jayapal focuses on Trump's immigration crackdown and detention centers

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) addressed the media on Wednesday regarding the Trump administrations intensified immigration enforcement and her stance against private detention centers.

The way immigrants are being treated under this administration is utterly inhumane, Jayapal stated on X, referencing a Newsweek article. Today, I am unveiling the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, aimed at gradually eliminating for-profit detention centers and establishing safeguards for the civil and human rights of immigrants, she continued.

Jayapal, in collaboration with two other legislators, initially proposed this legislation in 2023. Her remarks coincide with the expansion of detention facilities nationwide, including Floridas Alligator Alcatraz, as part of the governments deportation initiatives.

Earlier this year, Jayapal sharply criticized the Department of Homeland Security following a ProPublica investigation revealing that over 170 U.S. citizens had been wrongly detained.

The press briefing is set for 2 p.m. EST.

Author: Lucas Grant