Washington, Jan. 20 (EFE).- A U.S. federal judge on Sunday upheld the limits set by the Donald Trump administration on lawmakers' visits to migrant detention centers. Magistrate Jia Cobb, of the District of Columbia, stated in an order that the government can continue to require that lawmakers give seven days' notice before visiting detention centers. This directive, against which a group of opposing lawmakers filed a lawsuit, had already been halted in 2025. The number of detained migrants has reached a record level: on average, more than 73,000 migrants remained in custody, the highest figure since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2001, according to data leaked to CBS News. Last year was the deadliest in at least two decades for people in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with more than 30 deaths. In response, the government decided to modify the rule, and now the judge states that with these changes, it is considered a new measure, and lawmakers must revise and reassess the legal arguments presented in the lawsuit. In the order, issued today, the judge clarifies that this does not mean the new rule is correct or legal, only that if lawmakers want to strike it down, they must file a new specific lawsuit against this version of the policy. In recent months, clashes between lawmakers and the Trump administration over access to immigrant detention centers have multiplied, with episodes in which lawmakers were denied access to these centers at the San Diego border, the Broadview center in Illinois, and a visit by Representatives Ilhan Omar and Angie Craig to ICE facilities in Minneapolis was partially blocked, citing the need to comply with new internal advance notice rules and security reasons. Under the current administration, migrant detentions in the U.S....
