The spectacle continued on Wednesday with Democratic Representatives Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman from New York, as they were turned away from an ICE Court in lower Manhattan.
The building, located at 26 Federal Plaza, is the same facility in which New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested 24 hours earlier.
Claiming to uphold their official responsibility to review ICE detention facilities, this dynamic duo appeared eager to showcase their commitment, a duty that seemingly gained importance only after January 20, 2025, without similar fervor in prior years.
While they emphasized their right to conduct surprise inspections, they opted to notify authorities in advance of their visit, thereby revealing their intentions prematurely.
Officials informed them they would be denied entry head of time. But they attempted the stunt anyway.
“To be clear, we, by law, we have the right to show up unannounced and to inspect any detention facilities within ICE,” Goldman told a handful of reporters in the building. “But in order to give them advance notice, we sent a request to allow us to view it, giving them notice that we were coming.”
“They wrote back to us denying our request.”
