For the first time, Harder says he was given access to the facility. After an hour inside, he left the doors fed up.
Harder said his questions to officials in the facility were "met with a lot of non-answers."
Harder and his staff were shown the rooms where operations are planned, spaces for detainment and check-in processing areas, to name a few. He says he asked for explanations of the use of force, masks and information about current and future operations in the community.
The ICE facility, located on San Juan Avenue, saw days of protests back in October. At that time, advocates said 50 immigrants were called for check-in appointments, only for half to be hauled away in vans, many due to what they called technical errors.
"They went unanswered, so then that raises the suspicion as to what is really happening the minute folks go through that door," said Nora Zaragoza-Yáñez, a program manager for the Faith in the Valley program who also oversees Valley Watch Network. "We have a plethora of volunteers that are more than ready just to support our community in any way that we can, whether it's through mutual aid efforts, if folks need for us to go out on a grocery run, we can definitely do that."
"It showed that there's solidarity among the elected and community leaders to stand up to ICE, to make sure that we have civil rights protected and to make sure that if the law is broken, the people are held accountable," Senator Jerry McNerney said.
A press release from Harder's office on the congressman's visit to the facility stated that federal oversight was also conducted for ICE operations being planned in Stockton.
As of right now, no one is detained at the Stockton ICE facility.
CBS News Sacramento reached out to ICE for comment on this oversight and has yet to hear back.
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