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Dem rep's staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility, ICE
« on: March 19, 2026, 06:30:31 pm »
Dem rep's staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility, ICE says
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons has banned Benito Torres from all ICE facilities and is demanding Escobar answer whether she knew about his alleged conduct

By Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin Fox News
Published March 19, 2026 3:22pm EDT | Updated March 19, 2026 3:59pm EDT

A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, allegedly lied about being an attorney at least 11 times for detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in an effort to meet with them and sneak in cell phones.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons informed Escobar in a letter dated Thursday about Benito Torres, a senior caseworker on the congresswoman's staff.

Lyons said Torres lied about being a lawyer for detainees in ICE custody at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso.

"The available evidence demonstrates your staffer, a senior caseworker named Benito Torres, misrepresented himself as counsel for detainees in ICE custody, violated clear detention standards and security protocols prohibiting the use of cellphones inside ICE facilities, improperly met with multiple detainees, and falsely claimed to ICE personnel such use had been approved by the agency," Lyons wrote.

"As a result of bringing a cell phone into the Camp East Montana facility, contrary to facility visitation policy, Mr. Torres’ misrepresentation that he is a licensed attorney to gain access to detainees, his improper meetings with groups of detainees, and his assertions to ICE personnel about the origins of his visit, Mr. Torres is herby [sic] prohibited from accessing any ICE facility."

An image of a sign-in log shows Torres allegedly claiming to be a "lawyer" visiting a "client." ICE records show that Torres first misrepresented himself as a legal professional in September 2025, Lyons said. The most recent incident happened on Jan. 30.

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Re: Dem rep's staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility,
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2026, 06:39:32 pm »
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Re: Dem rep's staffer repeatedly posed as lawyer for detainees, smuggled phone into Texas facility,
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