The complaint alleges the illegal obstruction of lawmakers’ oversight duties, but an official says legislators “could have just scheduled a tour.”

A dozen members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers are suing the Trump administration to ensure they are granted entry into the facilities,

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, has joined a lawsuit filed by a dozen Democrats against the Trump administration for blocking oversight visits

The 12 Democrats accused the Trump administration of violating the law when it turned them away from immigrant detention sites and imposed a new policy limiting congressional access.

A dozen House Democrats filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to open up Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities for oversight visits, arguing that federal law requires members of Congress to have unfettered access to immigration facilities.

Twelve Democratic members of Congress have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawfully obstructing their efforts to visit federal immigration detention centers.

Twelve Democratic members of Congress sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing immigration officials of blocking their access to detention facilities housing noncitizens.