{"id":477699,"date":"2025-08-07T13:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/ice-blocks-new-york-congressmen-from-entering-detention-centers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:57:40","slug":"ice-blocks-new-york-congressmen-from-entering-detention-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/ice-blocks-new-york-congressmen-from-entering-detention-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE blocks New York congressmen from entering detention centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>New York.- <\/strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/es\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong> continues to prevent the entry of congressmen to immigrant detention centers, which has generated strong criticism for the lack of transparency.\n\nThe most recent case involves Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who, along with Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (NY-07) and Dan Goldman (NY-10), was denied entry to the <strong>Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn.<\/strong>\n\n&#8220;It is outrageous and unacceptable to deny members of Congress access to a federal detention center,&#8221; declared Espaillat, who demanded the cancellation of the contract between ICE and that prison. For her part, Congresswoman Vel\u00e1zquez described the action as &#8220;a clear violation of the law.&#8221;\n\nICE had already blocked similar visits at other facilities, which has led to a <strong>federal lawsuit<\/strong> by Democratic lawmakers, alleging opacity and possible abuse in centers where more than 100 immigrants are detained.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/inmigrantes-latinos-en-atlanta\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/inmigrantes-latinos-en-atlanta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00abWe are afraid, we hardly go out anymore\u00bb: the day-to-day life of Latino immigrants in Atlanta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nOrganizations like the ACLU also criticized the lockdown. &#8220;Denying members of Congress access to the detention of immigrants violates their right to oversee at a time when we need it most,&#8221; warned Sarah Mehta of the ACLU.\n\nICE faces increasing pressure for what many consider a serious lack of transparency in the management of its detention centers.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York.- The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to prevent the entry of congressmen to immigrant detention centers, which has generated strong criticism\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":477700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_dum_aida_pretitle":"","_dum_aida_subtitle":"","_dum_aida_city":"","_dum_aida_author":"","_dum_aida_caption":"","_dum_aida_captionauthor":"","_dum_aida_quote":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntitle":"","_dum_aida_breakdowntext":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[40367,19939],"class_list":["post-477699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-general-customs-directorate","tag-yayo-sanz-lovaton"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-20gP","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-68.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-68.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}