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Posted on 03/19/2026 7:07:33 PM PDT by lowbridge
AA 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.
During that visit, Torres was confronted by a facility administrator and admitted that he was not an attorney and was visiting as a private person. The confrontation happened after officials in the facility became aware of someone passing a phone to multiple detainees, the letter states.
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How much are the cartels paying the dim rep & staffer?
How about they prosecute him for introduction of contraband into a detention facility?
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Thought then was that Escobar would be arrested, yet this excerpt states that he did this again Jan 30 this year.
Why is he not arrested?
Benito needs his treasonous ass strung up to the highest tree. Thieving SOB. He’s not an American and neither is the whore he works for.
Why wasn’t this guy charged with a felony?
In IL. its a felony to bring a phone into a prison. In Chicago its a misdemeanor (possibly felony) to bring a cell phone into a jail/holding facility/secure interview room.
It also against the law to misrepresent yourself as an attorney in order to gain access to an arrestee.
This guy did it 11, ELEVEN times and he wasn’t charged, and in Texas of all places?!!
What the hell is going on at Fort Bliss and WTF is acting ICE director Lyons doing? Why didn’t he have to present his BAR/Attorney lic. card to prison officials before he was granted access to the prisoner? Why wasn’t he searched before he entered wherever the prisoner was detained?
This is outrageous!
Jail him for a number of years for this behavior. People think if he can get away with it, so can I.
I’d like to know the kind of security that is being followed at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso that allowed someone to pose as a lawyer, and bring in cell phones multiple times, providing Torres the opportunity to transfer phones to illegals in custody. Somebody at the facility is dirty for that to have happened as many times as it has, and for how long it’s been going on. Torres started this activity Camp in September 2025, and last visited the facility on January 30th, 2026.
Maybe she went swimming in shark infested waters. 🦈🦈🦈🦈
Sharks do not attack lawyers.
Professional courtesy.
In my home state it’s a 5 year felony and as a retired C/O I can tell you they rigorously prosecute it.
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Mr. Torres is herby [sic] prohibited from accessing any ICE facility.”
Oooo...harsh!
Why isn’t the ahole arrested and in jail?
Because all the DOJ lawyers are busy with tha bazillion habeus corpus filings of leftist lawyers and the contempt hearings of commie judges.
The lawfare is overwhelming the system and grinding it to a halt.
I bet they would find space for you or I if we did such a thing...
Possibly not. This is the kind of crap that is going on in our federal courts.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/tales-from-the-lost-and-found.php
The DOJ lawyers are being mired in quicksand because the actuvist judges are encouraging this instead of slapping it down.
Arrest the staffer.
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