Goldman Demands Answers About Treatment of Ice Detainees Held at the Metropolitan Detention Center

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dan Goldman sent a letter to leadership of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) demanding answers about the treatment of over 191 ICE detainees being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. The inquiry follows reports of poor conditions at the MDC, including a lack of access to medical care, barriers to access to legal counsel and in-person interpreters, and delays in the MDC producing detainees to scheduled appearances, which has resulted in detainees arriving to their hearings late.