Jean Wilson Brutus, a 41-year-old Haitian immigrant, died at a hospital after he had a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat were just granted entry to inspect the ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC for the first time, following multiple attempts. That's after a judge on Wed ordered ICE to allow Congress members to inspect ICE field offices.

A federal judge has ordered ICE to allow Congress members to inspect the migrant hold rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC and elsewhere across the country. The judge also blocked ICE from requiring members to give a week's notice before visits. gothamist.com/news/federal...

“‘The extreme show of force here — seven armed agents in facemasks — was to intimidate staff so they could arrest our client in contravention of city law,’ Molly Lauterback, an immigration attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services, said in a statement.”

My latest months-long investigation: Inside the surge in ICE visits to NYC homeless shelters under the Trump administration. Several incidents raise questions about whether city staff and federal agents are following the laws. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained. Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

An ICE officer pushed a photojournalist to the ground today at immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. The photojournalist couldn't get up afterwards, and EMS was called.

BREAKING: Eleven NY city and state elected officials were just arrested by Department of Homeland Security officers. That's after they demanded to inspect ICE holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza and refused to leave until they were granted entry.

JUST NOW: NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social was arrested by DHS police a SECOND time at 26 Federal Plaza. Lander refused to leave the 10th floor until he was allowed to inspect ICE holding cells there. He was arrested with 10 other state elected officials.

The Trump admin has moved to restart thousands of paused immigration court cases -- another tactic in the "mass deportation" effort. gothamist.com/news/these-n...

BREAKING: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring that ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza meet certain minimum conditions. ICE is now required to provide beds, toothbrushes, and calls with attorneys within 24 hours of being detained.

A crowd of roughly 60 protestors chant "No human being will ever be illegal!" outside 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE agents are routinely detaining immigrants after immigration court proceedings

NY Reps @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co @repespaillat.bsky.social @velazquez.house.gov visit Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which is holding ICE detainees, for an unannounced oversight visit. Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?” The officer refused.

A big deal. As @aryasundaram.bsky.social explains, sponsors intend this bill to “decriminalize” street vending. Like the 19th century Lower East Side pushcart peddlers were, many vendors are immigrants. Police ticketing vendors brings criminal charges, now putting them at risk for targeting by ICE.

Today: - Meet mayoral candidate @jimfornyc.bsky.social, - @brigidbergin.bsky.social on local politics, - @wsj.com's Allison Pohle on TSA changes, - @aryasundaram.bsky.social on an ICE facility in Manhattan, - Columbia Law's Elora Mukherjee on TPS rollbacks Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site https://gothamist.com/news/theyre-killing-us-immigrants-complain-of-inhumane-conditions-inside-nyc-holding-site

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC. No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space. gothamist.com/news/theyre-...

"Come witness for yourself" @bradlander.bsky.social urges New Yorkers and elected officials to observe immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza.

Reps. Nadler and Goldman were barred today from inspecting ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza. That’s after Reps. Velazquez and Espaillat tried to do the same earlier this month. gothamist.com/news/reps-na...

Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman enter 26 Federal Plaza to observe immigration court and ICE offices. Rep Lander was detained here yesterday.

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

ICE has made at least about a dozen arrests in recent weeks in Home Depots in New Rochelle and Long Island, according to advocates and witnesses. gothamist.com/news/immigra...

Dylan, the Bronx high school student arrested by ICE, speaks out from immigration detention. “All I want is to go home so I can continue studying, to see the people who I love, and to be free.” gothamist.com/news/dylan-b...

The Department of Justice is suing NY state for its law blocking ICE from going to state and local courts. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

An undocumented couple was arrested for shoplifting $160 worth of merchandise in Rotterdam, NY. Local police separated them from their daughter and handed them over to ICE. It's one of the first known applications of the Laken Riley Act in New York state. gothamist.com/news/how-a-s...

"New surveillance video shared with Gothamist shows that a U.S. Department of Homeland Security officer pushed a staffer in Rep. Jerry Nadler's Manhattan office before she pushed him back and was subsequently handcuffed." #NewYork #USA #Deportation #Policing

"Gothamist observed at least 14 people, including 10 men and four women, being escorted by masked plainclothes officers after appearing for check-ins Wednesday at the 7 Elk St. office." "At least one of the officers wore an ICE badge." #NewYork #USA #Deportation

“Three women who also received the message and came to the office on Tuesday told THE CITY they were instructed to return on Wednesday — but this time to bring their children with them.” harrowing new reporting from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:

NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

> @aryasundaram.bsky.social got the scoop about a staffer for @nadler.house.gov getting arrested INSIDE NADLER’S OFFICE for “harboring” protestors … and Nadler + his chief of staff refused to comment until a few days later when the Times followed up on Arya’s reporting gothamist.com/news/homelan...

Department of Homeland Security officers invading a congressman's offices and arresting a staffer who tried to stop them is very, very bad. gothamist.com/news/homelan...

More great reporting by @aryasundaram.bsky.social on DHS and ICE threatening and harassing people in their crackdown on immigration (read: dissent.) gothamist.com/news/homelan...

"The Community Interpreter Bank will be accompanied by three different worker-owned language co-ops providing more niche language services for African, Asian and Indigenous languages." From @aryasundaram.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/nyc-whe... @wnyc.org @gothamist.com

Mayor seems clearly interested in working with Trump administration on deporting those accused of crimes. He won’t clarify what kind of crimes or whether he wants to stipulate that migrants receive due process — which is the current sanctuary law.

NYC Mayor Adams says he's asked to meet with Trump's border czar, Tom Homan. "I'm not going to be warring with this (Trump) administration. I'm going to be working with this administration."

Who are the undocumented immigrants in NY that could be subject to Trump's mass deportation plan? We dug into the data. Many have been here for years, hail from China and the DR, and face high rates of overcrowding and poverty. gothamist.com/news/new-yor...

Deep dive by @aryasundaram.bsky.social into what the undocumented population in NY looks like gothamist.com/news/new-yor...