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States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities

NC NewslineBy Shalina ChatlaniSeptember 17, 2026

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Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites. The Trump administration, citing the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, argues that states don’t have the authority to regulate federal facilities. But states counter […]

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