Alex Padilla

And that is not happening.

And I'm talking about people who maybe came in with chronic conditions and they had their medical

history, if they were transferred from a different ICE facility, that is not being followed up on.

People who may be suffering an injury.

Many who shared that they were injured in the course of being detained.

We've seen how aggressive and physical these detentions and arrests are.

A lot of times I'll come away from an audience and say, well, the women talk to me and even the men complained about mental health.

In this case, it was especially the men talking about the lack of mental health treatment.

Being there is traumatic.

A lot of them come in with trauma to have kids that you're supposed to be providing for on the outside, not sure what their future is, is absolutely traumatic.

So a lot needs to change here.

And it begins with actual independent oversight.

Look, I appreciate that.

I mean, fundamentally, this bill is about ensuring that even in these detention facilities, we're maintaining the basic human rights conditions for a detainee, similar to what we do with prisoners or even soldiers in the context of war.

Quality access to water, housing facility, access to basic care, those sorts of things.

Why the timing?

Not just because of my facility visit last week.

Last year, calendar year 2025, was the deadliest year for detainees in ICE facilities.

And we're on track, just the January numbers, to exceed that in 2026.

And so just as we've called for actual independent investigations into ICE,