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Chu said she was rebuffed by the Department of Homeland Security in seeking information on the conditions where the detainees were being held.

This is not law enforcement it’s a gross abuse of power, and I will not stand for it,” Chu wrote.

Chu visited the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles in an attempt to be let into the facility and determine the conditions in which the people were being held but said she was rebuffed.

“We have the right to know what is happening with them,” Chu said.

Chu also expressed dismay that an unidentified agent pointed a gun at a man seeking to take video of his license plate.