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Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
New York City's Subway Is Actually Safer Than Your Car
At a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in Washington this week, Representative Jerry Nadler of Manhattan and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy squared off over the safety of New York City's subways. A snippet: The number of major felonies on the subway is in fact down this year and down since 2019 (by 3.9% and 7.3%, respectively, as of the end of May, according to the most recent crime report provided by the New York City Police Department to the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority). But felony assaults on the subway in the first five months of this year were up 18% compared with the same period last year and 66% compared with the same period in 2019. Nobody was lying. Both Nadler and Duffy were making valid claims about subway crime, even if their numbers don't appear to be entirely up to date.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
"We will not back down": Democratic lawmakers refused entry to Manhattan ICE facility
Two congressmen were refused entry to observe and inspect an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New York City on Wednesday. New York Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman found themselves barred from entering the offices in Lower Manhattan, despite rules allowing for unannounced oversight visits by lawmakers. This refusal by ICE comes one day after NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained by federal agents in the same building. Lander was escorting immigrants from their court hearings when agents arrested him on allegations of impeding federal officers. Those charges were later dropped, and Lander was released. "Congress has a duty to conduct oversight and the American people deserve transparency," Nadler wrote in a post on X. "ICE doesn't get to lie about the nature of this facility to dodge oversight and hide behind masks while doing it." Nadler described the facility as a place "where migrants are reportedly being forced to sleep on the floor for days at a time." "This is completely unacceptable," Nadler said, "and we will not back down." Goldman echoed Nadler at a press conference on Wednesday. "We will not stop until we get to go in and observe what is going on in these detention centers," Goldman said. "What are they hiding about this facility that they are using to house immigrants for multiple days?"
Fox News
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Democrats capitalize on GOP Jeffrey Epstein fallout with new demands for Jim Jordan
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are seizing on Republican fractures over the Jeffrey Epstein case, demanding a public hearing on the issue. A letter from Democrats states, "To that end, we request that the Committee invite — and, if necessary, subpoena — Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to testify publicly about the Trump Administration's review of the Epstein matter, including the conclusions set forth in the undated and unsigned Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI memo providing that 'no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.'" They made the request to House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a close ally of President Donald Trump's. The letter, led by Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., is also signed by progressives like Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas. The memo they referenced, first reported earlier this week, said the late pedophile died by suicide. It also said there is no list of clients whom Epstein may have procured for exploitation by third parties. It's ignited a firestorm within the GOP, with far-right figures going after the attorney general for what they see as backpedaling on her promise to deliver full transparency on the Epstein files. Democrats, meanwhile, have appeared to put their concerns about fanning the flames of what the left has long seen as a conspiracy theory aside to use the Epstein case as a political cudgel to further divide Republicans. Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino reportedly considered quitting his federal role over how the Epstein case was handled. Trump has been among Bondi's most ardent defenders in the fallout and has publicly urged his base to move on from the discord. The letter Tuesday from Democrats pointed out that Trump, Bongino and FBI Director Kash Patel all made public statements regarding Epstein before taking power. "President Trump and his top appointees at the DOJ and FBI have spent years advancing theories that 'the Deep State' has been suppressing the true magnitude of the child sex trafficking and abuse ring created by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates," the Democrats said. "These claims have sunk deep into the public consciousness, due in no small part to President Trump, Mr. Patel, Mr. Bongino, and others' continued authoritative hyping of 'Epstein files' conspiracy theories to energize President Trump's supporters." They warned "the public will turn to conspiracy theories to fill the void of credible information" if "facts and evidence" were not made clear. "The Trump DOJ and FBI's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter, and President Trump's suddenly shifting positions, have not restored anyone's trust in the government but have rather raised profound new questions about their own conduct while increasing public paranoia related to the investigation," the letter said. "We must submit to public scrutiny President Trump's and MAGA's longstanding claims about the 'Epstein files,' new questions as to whether President Trump himself has something to hide, whether he is keeping damaging information secret to protect other individuals or to maintain future blackmail leverage over public and private actors or, perhaps the simplest explanation, whether President Trump and his Administration magnified and disseminated groundless Epstein conspiracy theories for purposes of political gain which they are now desperately trying to disavow and dispel." Trump has denied any allegations of impropriety related to Epstein. Fox News Digital reached out to Jordan's office for comment but did not immediately hear back.
CBS News
18-06-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
After Brad Lander's arrest by ICE inside immigration court, New York congressmen will conduct oversight visit
One day after New York City Comptroller and current Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested at federal immigration court, two members of the state's congressional delegation plan to conduct an oversight visit Wednesday. Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler said they will observe the court proceedings at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where Lander was arrested Tuesday. They will also request access to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office located inside the same building. They plan to hold a news conference after the visit with immigration advocates. You can watch it streaming live around 11 a.m. on CBS News New York, in the video player above. Brad Lander arrested by ICE agents Tuesday's incident began with Lander holding onto a man, whom he identified as Edgardo, following his immigration hearing. Video shows masked ICE agents try to take the man into custody, and then take Lander into custody. "You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens," the comptroller is heard saying on a video of his arrest. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Lander was arrested "for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer." He was released four hours later, with his wife and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul by his side. "Charges have been dropped, he walks out of there a free man," the governor said. "You can see what happened, and the DHS statement is not accurate," Lander later told CBS News New York. Lander said he was volunteering with an immigration organization and was trying to accompany Edgardo out of court after his immigration case was dismissed. Lander explained the judge had been asking people with cases like Edgardo if they understood that once their case was dismissed, they would have no status in the U.S. Having no status, he said ICE can then detain and move to deport them. Lander accuses Trump administration of "provoking conflict" Lander said he believes what happened was politically motivated by the Trump administration. "Pam Bondi made it very clear what they're doing. They're going after the leaders of Democratic cities with a political intention of provoking conflict," said Lander. "Donald Trump is working to strike fear into immigrant families and communities, and then provoke conflict." Several public officials rallied against Lander's arrest, including his fellow mayoral candidates former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. "It's highly unusual and quite concerning, and I think the best evidence of that is that all charges were dropped and he was released within hours, which really does suggest it was a bad arrest," attorney Kaivan Shroff explained to CBS News New York. "ICE certainly doesn't have the authority to detain U.S. citizens in that way and, of course, they didn't really have probable cause against Brad Lander." The United States Southern District Court of New York said it is investigating. Lander and his wife said he was arrested while asking the agents to see a judicial warrant and the grounds for deporting Edgardo. Immigration attorneys say ICE agents do not need a warrant to arrest noncitizens in immigration court, but Shroff explained what a judicial warrant is and why it matters in this case. "An administrative warrant, which is what ICE had, is really just a piece of paper signed by an ICE official. Whereas, a judicial warrant has that authority of a judge behind it and is signed by a judge," he said. "And why it matters in this situation is because ICE does, by immigration law, only need that administrative warrant. But in New York State, it is New York court policy to require a judicial warrant to detain an undocumented person at a place like a courthouse." CBS News New York has reached out to ICE multiple times for details about why Lander was arrested, but the agency has not answered our questions.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Opinion - Why are ICE agents running amok? Because they can.
As the Trump administration pushes for more mass deportations, law enforcement officers from the Department of Homeland Security are suddenly everywhere. In San Diego, Homeland Security officers conducted a SWAT-style raid on a restaurant, handcuffing 19 employees over an hour and slamming the manager against a wall in the process. Eventually, they arrested four people. The raid was so heavy-handed that the officers had to deploy flashbang grenades to escape from the angry crowd that gathered in response. Even members of Congress aren't safe. Last week, Homeland Security officers forced their way into Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D) New York office without a warrant. When one of the staffers protested, she was handcuffed and detained. The cases you hear about are only the tip of the iceberg. Federal officers are fanning out across the country, conducting raids, traffic stops, even scooping people up at courthouses when they appear for immigration hearings and carting them away in leg irons and shackles — harsh treatment that you seldom see even when felons are arrested. This heavy-handedness and cruelty isn't a glitch — it's intentional, as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, President Trump's border czar, attempt to frighten immigrants into leaving the country. Even legal residents and American citizens are getting caught up in the crackdown. And the worst part is, while things like barging into a congressman's office and detaining his staffers aren't legal, there is nothing anyone can do about it. If Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents force their way into your house without a warrant, slap you around and detain your family at gunpoint while conducting an illegal search, you have no way of getting your constitutional claims into federal court. As a practical matter, these agents are above the law and cannot be held accountable for violating your constitutional rights. Why this is true is yet another example of our system of checks and balances failing to appreciate the risk of a president deciding to simply the the law. After the Civil War, to ensure that states abided by the Constitution, Congress passed 42 U.S. Code 1983, giving individuals the right to sue in federal court when their constitutional rights had been violated under color of state law. At the time, it was inconceivable that there should be a similar need to sue for constitutional violations by the federal government. For one thing, law enforcement was almost exclusively under state control — the FBI was not founded until 1908. Moreover, the federal government was seen, generally, as the perennial good guy and the guarantor of constitutional rights, a position it held right through the civil rights era. As the federal government and federal law enforcement grew, this became more and more untenable. So in 1971, in a case called Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, the Supreme Court created what is known as a 'Bivens action' as an analogue of section 1983, giving individuals the right to sue in court when their Fourth Amendment rights were violated under color of federal law. Since then, the Supreme Court has been reluctant to extend the reach of Bivens, ultimately holding in 2022 that no one could ever bring a legal claim for excessive force — or any constitutional claim — against a federal officer enforcing immigration laws. This is dangerous, especially now. The rule of law is not supposed to run on the honor system. Section 1983 and Bivens actions are not just about monetary damages. They are a way for citizens to hold their government accountable. Officers' understanding that they may someday have to explain their actions is a powerful deterrent to bad behavior. Nobody likes accountability, but it makes all of us, including police officers, better people. The current system of 'what happens in ICE, stays in ICE' is the opposite of that. Unchecked by the courts, ICE's behavior will only get worse over the next three and a half years. Even the most well-meaning bureaucracies are subject to mission creep, so you can expect Noem's troops to expand their activities well beyond detaining immigrants. The Homeland Security officers who invaded Nadler's office were hunting for protesters, and Homan has already threatened state officials and even members of Congress with arrest for 'interfering' with ICE. When it comes to constitutional rights, no man is an island. The threats, performative cruelty and denials of basic due process are not attacks on immigrants. They are attacks on the rule of law itself. You should be just as upset and concerned by the Guatemalan snatched off the street and hustled onto a plane with no notice and no due process as you are by the sobbing staffer handcuffed in Nadler's office. In the eyes of our Constitution, they are all of us. Chris Truax is a charter member of the Society for the Rule of Law and an appellate attorney. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
