Rep. Goldman: ICE, Bureau of Prisons illegally barred lawmakers from Brooklyn detention facility
Officers at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn again denied entry to Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10), one week after he and two congressional colleagues, Rep. Espaillat and Rep. Velázquez, were turned away.
Lawmakers have been trying to enter MDC to see the conditions in which around 100 immigrants are being held.
Goldman says that last week, Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials promised to accommodate a tour of the facility if given advanced notice of a visit, so he gave notice on Friday, August 8th.
Despite the advanced notice, he wasn't allowed in.
