DHS says Democrats are lying about overcrowding and broken toilets at the Mesa ICE facility

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 734

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused two Arizona Democrats of lying about what they saw during unannounced oversight visits of a Mesa facility and insisted that reports of overcrowding and overflowing toilets are false, in spite of the agency’s own data and information the congresspeople got directly from immigration agents working at the facility.

“Any allegation of overcrowding at AROCC is FALSE,” an unnamed DHS spokesperson said in a statement to the Arizona …

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