Wbur: Mass. lawmakers press ICE for answers on use of Burlington office for detainees

The Massachusetts congressional delegation is demanding answers from federal immigration officials about conditions at an administrative office in Burlington where immigrants have been detained, often for days at a time, since at least early May.

In a letter dated Wednesday to Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Patricia Hyde, acting ICE Boston field office director at the Burlington facility, the lawmakers said they're "alarmed by reports" of how ICE is using the building. The letter — spearheaded by Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey and also signed by the state's nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives — includes a long list of questions and a request for a congressional briefing.

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