{"id":656104,"date":"2026-08-22T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656104"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:12:38","slug":"ice-counters-dem-lawmakers-performative-facility-visit-heres-what-happened-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=656104","title":{"rendered":"ICE counters Dem lawmaker\u2019s performative facility visit: \u2018Here\u2019s what happened\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shut down a leftist lawmaker\u2019s attempt at outrage-mongering at the Torrance County ICE Detention Facility.<\/p>\n

Rep. Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, D-New Mexico, posted a video to social media on Wednesday announcing her visit to the facility. It was framed as a welfare check for detainees, amid complaints, as well as the typical rhetoric about President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Watch:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m at the Torrance County ICE Detention Facility seeing for myself exactly what is happening inside. I\u2019ll keep you posted on what I find. pic.twitter.com\/kNLODsCuQj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez (@RepTeresaLF) August 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While that might sound good if you\u2019re a Democrat voter who thinks that federal agents are abusers and immigration facilities are impregnable fortresses where terrible things happen, it didn\u2019t take ICE long to come in with some much-needed context.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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We were glad to host you, Congresswoman. For those curious, here\u2019s what happened:<\/p>\n

Prior to the visit, the Congresswoman signed ICE\u2019s Facility Visitation Agreement form, indicating she would abide by all processes and policies governing personal conduct at ICE facilities. One of\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe were glad to host you, Congresswoman. For those curious, here\u2019s what happened,\u201d the account wrote. \u201cPrior to the visit, the Congresswoman signed ICE\u2019s Facility Visitation Agreement form, indicating she would abide by all processes and policies governing personal conduct at ICE facilities. One of these policies is that meetings with detainees must be scheduled in advance, both for the privacy of detainees and the safety of visitors. Field leadership welcomed the Congresswoman and led a comprehensive tour tailored to the specific areas she had requested to see, including visitor check-in, intake, kitchen\/food preparation and medical services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring a tour of the kitchen area, the Congresswoman asked to speak with certain detainees in the area and was reminded that without prior consent from detainees, her request could not be accommodated at that time. Instead of accepting this guidance, the Congresswoman began talking and shouting to them from a distance, telling the detainees who she was and attempting to get closer to them,\u201d the explanation continued. \u201cThis disrupted operations and required intervention by facility leadership. ICE maintains clear policies about acceptable conduct within its facilities, just like all other federal law enforcement agencies do. Those policies are made clear ahead of time to congressional visitors. Despite some members\u2019 failures to abide by those policies, ICE continues to go above and beyond to keep the American people informed about our mission, operations and people.\u201d<\/p>\n

So she knew the rules, didn\u2019t want to follow them because she thought her status as a lawmaker made her special, and now she\u2019s whining about the consequences?<\/p>\n

X users reacted:<\/p>\n

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Lying Dem snake. Every attempt from them to \u201ccompromise\u201d is just them trying to subvert and undermine you. Never believe or compromise with these people, just keep going!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Lord James (@LordJames_VT) August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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@RepTeresaLF<\/a> sounds like an uncouth pig showing zero respect for Illegal Alien detainees.<\/p>\n

Moving forward why would any voter trust a word Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez says or follow a law she voted for?@NMDEMS<\/a> @thenewmexican<\/a> @TheDemocrats<\/a> @ICEgov<\/a> @TeresaForNM<\/a> @housedems<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dean H (@DeanSiam2026) August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of course she\u2019s rude and disrespectful, as so many of these attention seeking Dems are. Trying to create a story while casting herself in the starring role.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cris (@CrisBfromZo) August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Shocking to me that a member of Congress thinks that she is entitled to special privileges. \"\ud83e\udd2f\"\"\ud83d\ude44\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 K (@DrRyaky) August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shut down a leftist lawmaker\u2019s attempt at outrage-mongering at the Torrance County ICE Detention Facility. Rep. Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez, D-New Mexico, posted a video to social media on Wednesday announcing her visit to the facility. It was framed as a welfare check for detainees, amid complaints, as well as the… Continue reading ICE counters Dem lawmaker\u2019s performative facility visit: \u2018Here\u2019s what happened\u2026\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":656081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=656104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/656081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=656104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=656104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=656104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}