"WASHINGTON, DC - A BILL THAT TWO BROOKLYN CONGRESSMEMBERS HAVE COSPONSORED would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to perform an initial health screening on detainees. House Resolution 7335 , which Rep. Raul Rodriguez, Democrat of California, introduced on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and which is now referred to committee, has 73 cosponsors, including eight from New York and two from Brooklyn: Reps. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-07, and Dan Goldman, D-10."
"Last year, Goldman, Velazquez and several Congressional colleagues were repeatedly denied access to an immigration detention facility at 26 Federal Plaza, before winning a court ruling in December of 2025 to conduct unannounced inspections. Goldman and other members of the Congressional Oversight Committee found that many detainees had been denied access to basic needs like toilets and showers. On Feb. 2, 2026, Judge Jia M. Cobb, a federal jurist in Washington, D.C., issued a second ruling barring the administration from blocking surprise Congressional visits."
House Resolution 7335, introduced by Rep. Raul Rodriguez (D-CA) on Feb. 3, would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to perform an initial health screening on detainees. The bill has 73 cosponsors, including eight from New York and Brooklyn representatives Nydia M. Velazquez and Dan Goldman. Last year, congressional members were repeatedly denied access to a 26 Federal Plaza detention facility before winning a December 2025 court ruling allowing unannounced inspections. Oversight findings indicated detainees lacked basic needs such as toilets and showers. On Feb. 2, 2026, Judge Jia M. Cobb barred the administration from blocking surprise congressional visits. An ACLU report found detainees with medical conditions needing attention.
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