"After several minutes, Assistant Field Office Director Alberto Morales met with Goldman and eventually allowed him entry onto the floor. Following his inspection, Goldman told amNewYork that he spotted numerous jail cells on the 9th floor, but they were unoccupied. There are four small cells. There are overflow processing computers. There was no one in there at all, Goldman said."
"Goldman also checked out the 10th floor on Thursday, where he stated that some eight people were being held there. Seven men, one woman. One gentleman was just brought in. He has been here for 23 years and is from El Salvador. He was arrested at his work; he worked at a restaurant in Brooklyn, Goldman said. This comes after a Feb. 9 hearing, during which District Judge Lewis Kaplan questioned federal prosecutor Jeffrey Oestericher and asked point-blank, Are they being held on other floors?"
U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman inspected 26 Federal Plaza after a federal attorney said ICE agents detained immigrants on multiple floors. Goldman arrived Feb. 12, demanded access to holding areas, and was allowed entry. The 9th floor contained four small, unoccupied jail cells and overflow processing computers. The 10th floor held eight people—seven men and one woman—including a man from El Salvador arrested at his Brooklyn workplace who has been in the U.S. 23 years. A prosecutor acknowledged the detentions during a Feb. 9 hearing and linked them to efforts to circumvent a judge’s order against overcrowding after a leaked video showed squalid conditions.
Read at www.amny.com
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