Sens. Angela Alsobrooks, Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Kweisi Mfume address reporters. (FOX affiliate video screenshot)
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem also fired back at the delegation on X, saying Van Hollen was "protecting monsters over American victims," highlighting four illegal immigrants arrested on charges including possession of child porn, sexual abuse of a minor and conspiracy to commit murder.
But the Maryland Democrats appeared undeterred.
"This president doesn’t give a rat’s a-- about any of us," Alsobrooks said, while Mfume added at a press conference that DHS’ denial of a tour violates a law allowing federal lawmakers to conduct oversight of immigration facilities — and that ICE’s actions do not "bode well here in Baltimore."
"It's another sad day here with the Trump administration and their decisions to do illegal activities and ignore the Constitution," Ivey said while standing outside the Fallon building.
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD), who joined colleagues in Baltimore, speaks to Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital )
"When I got turned away from the door in El Salvador [to visit Garcia], I wasn't surprised because that's basically an authoritarian regime. But I was really disappointed that that's going to happen here in the United States of America, that you'd get the same reaction you would in a third-world country."
Two members of Maryland’s delegation did not participate in the Baltimore ICE visit.
Rep. April McClain-Delaney, a Democrat who represents the deep-red Maryland panhandle and some wealthy liberal Washington suburbs, did not travel with the delegation.
Neither did the Old Line State’s last remaining federal Republican officeholder.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, who represents Ocean City, instead lambasted the spectacle and said he stands with immigration enforcement authorities.
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"These Maryland lawmakers didn’t lift a finger to stop illegal immigrants and MS-13 gangs from pouring into our state, but now they’re staging ‘sit-in’ stunts for cameras to keep illegals in Maryland," Harris tweeted.
"Spare us the show."
Alsobrooks appeared to slam Harris in response, according to Maryland Matters, suggesting that as the lone Marylander aligned with the White House, he should be advocating for denied FEMA monies for victims of major flooding in Cumberland and Luke.
"It would be great to be able to get his assistance in getting the disaster relief that people need," she said, as CBS News reported the relatively conservative populace there is "frustrated" with Trump.
Trump said in June that he wants to "wean off" FEMA disbursements and shift the burden to states similar to plans for the education bureaucracy.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
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