Democrats Sound Alarm Over “Secret” ICE Facilities Publicly Listed Online

By: Natalie Chuck | Denver7

DENVER — Several Democratic politicians in Colorado are sounding the alarm over what they call “secret” ICE facilities after an online news outlet published an article last week. But are they really a secret?

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen took to multiple social media platforms, expressing her concerns over “secret ICE holding cells.”

In her posts, Rep. Pettersen attributed her claims to the Colorado Times Recorder, which posted an article saying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained people for weeks at a time in “secretive” facilities.

The Recorder’s article was written analyzing data from the Deportation Data Project, which is compiled by UC Berkley and UCLA through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and other methods of tracking ICE activity. ICE has not independently verified the accuracy of the data.

“I was unaware that these field offices were being used in this way, and I think that that’s why it’s so important that we tell the story of what’s happening on the ground in a place like Colorado,” said Rep. Pettersen when asked if she was concerned about the facilities before the Recorder’s article was released.

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