US lawmakers barred from oversight visit of NYC ICE holding facilities after Brad Lander arrest
Source: Scripps News
Posted 5:55 PM, Jun 18, 2025
New York lawmakers Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman said Wednesday they were blocked from conducting an oversight visit to inspect detention facilities at a Manhattan immigration court.
“We just went in to conduct our constitutional oversight authority of ICE and ICE detention facilities. We were denied access,” Rep. Goldman (NY-10) said at a brief press conference after the attempted visit.
The visit to 26 Federal Plaza, where New York ICE field office is located, came a day after New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents Tuesday as he was trying to escort a man out of a courtroom.
“Even though we are allowed to show up unannounced by statute and we must be allowed in, we gave advance notice that we would be coming this morning, and they still denied our access,” Goldman said. Earlier this month, two other New York lawmakers, Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Adriano Espaillat, attempted to inspect ICE holding facilities at 26 Federal Plaza and were barred.
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/us-lawmakers-barred-from-oversight-visit-of-nyc-ice-holding-facilities-after-brad-lander-arrest

Buddyzbuddy
(1,163 posts)are barred and not allowed in but an entity under the authority and supervision of a private billionaire whom nobody voted for is not only allowed into Federal facilities but also allowed to access all American's private personal information.
That is some f'd up site.
Rhiannon12866
(238,738 posts)Masked ICE agents are snatching law-abiding immigrants and detaining them for days in highly questionable conditions.
Today, ICE illegally prevented me from conducting my constitutional oversight responsibility and blocked me from observing the detention conditions.
If they're handcuffing elected officials in public, what are they doing behind closed doors? - Congressman Dan Goldman - 06/18/2025.