REPRESENTATIVES ESPAILLAT, VELAZQUEZ, GOLDMAN TO OBSERVE COURT PROCEEDINGS AT 26 FEDERAL PLAZA

Members to Hold Press Conference at 10:30AM

NEW YORK, NY – Today, Monday, December 8, U.S. Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Dan Goldman (NY-10), and Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) will observe immigration court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza as part of their congressional oversight duties. The Members have been previously denied access to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office at the same location. 

Immediately following, at 10:30 am, the Representatives will hold a press conference outside 26 Federal Plaza to provide an account of their visit. The Representatives will also announce new legislation they are introducing aimed at helping to protect immigrants’ right to appear in immigration courts. 

This press conference comes on the heels of continued ICE raids at federal immigration courts across the country, targeting law-abiding immigrants attending routine court appearances. 

WHO:  Congressman Espaillat 
Congressman Goldman
Congresswoman Velazquez
Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)

WHEN: Monday, December 8, 2025, 10:30am

WHERE: 26 Federal Plaza, Corner of Broadway and Duane Street

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Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his fifth term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities and serves as Ranking Member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the committee during the 119th Congress. He is Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.

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