Congressman Don Davis visits ICE detention facility in Georgia
The trip marks the third detention facility Congressman Davis has visited in 2025, with following visits being to Alamance County ICE Detention Facility in Graham, N.C., and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
During the visit, Congressman Davis received a briefing from ICE and facility administrators focused on the center's current operations and capacity challenges. Medical care for detainees and how ICE is coordinating with federal and local law enforcement to process cases more efficiently was also covered. After the brief, ICE provided a tour of intake, the medical unit, and food services. First-hand conversations with medium-high and high-custody detainees about their history in the United States and their experience in ICE detention was also included.
'I am tracing the most likely path of a detainee from eastern North Carolina. After visiting the ICE detention center in Alamance County, I traveled to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, where detainees are transported for possible deportation,' Congressman Don Davis said. 'Our immigration detention system is facing an influx, and witnessing this firsthand was essential.'
Congressman Davis has made border security a top priority in his first 100 days of the 119th Congress. The first bill he introduced was H.R. 1060, the Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals (MAP) Act, bipartisan legislation to help prevent counterfeit and fentanyl-laced drugs from entering the pharmaceutical supply chain. H.R. 1060 would also require on-dose identifiers on controlled substances to ensure the authenticity of prescription and non-prescription drugs.
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