Two California lawmakers conducted an oversight visit Thursday at ICE’s Otay Mesa detention center, an immigrant detention facility that has faced allegations of overcrowding, poor conditions and sexual assaults. Located in San Diego, near the US-Mexico border, the facility has the capacity to lock up 1,500 immigrant detainees. Some 1,037 detainees were locked up at the facility at the time of the visit, Levin said. CoreCivic is also facing a lawsuit from San Diego county health inspectors who say they were denied entrance to Otay Mesa to conduct a state-required inspection. The oversight visit comes as the Trump administration is ramping up detention capacity nationwide, as part of its mass deportation campaign.

Source: The Guardian April 03, 2026 02:26 UTC