Jerry Nadler Waddles Into an ICE Court and Is Denied Entry, Threatens Legal Action: ‘Why Can’t We Go In?’

By Rusty Weiss | 4:41 PM on June 18, 2025



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The parade of clowns on the left, performing like circus monkeys for their base, continued Wednesday, when Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman, both Democrats from New York, were denied access to an ICE Court in lower Manhattan.

The building, located at 26 Federal Plaza, is the same facility in which New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested 24 hours earlier.

The ambiguously stray duo, as is the game plan these days, reminded people of their legal right and duty to inspect ICE detention facilities. They take this duty very seriously these days, although we don't recall any similar inspection efforts between January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025.

They note that they could inspect a detention center unannounced, if they so choose, but wrote in advance to let authorities know they'd be popping in. And hence, they gave the game away.

Officials informed them they would be denied entry head of time. But they attempted the stunt anyway.

"To be clear, we, by law, we have the right to show up unannounced and to inspect any detention facilities within ICE," Goldman told a handful of reporters in the building. "But in order to give them advance notice, we sent a request to allow us to view it, giving them notice that we were coming."

"They wrote back to us denying our request."

Undeterred, Nadler and Goldman headed to the 10th floor, where the court is located, and were met by ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce.

Nadler, who very recently saw an aide in his office temporarily placed in handcuffs for attempting to obstruct efforts to track down pro-illegal alien rioters in that same building, stomped his foot and demanded that he and his congressional colleague be treated with respect.

"There is no legal reason to say no to us," he said. "As congresspeople, we have the absolute right to inspect any federal facility, including a detention center. You have no right to say no to us."

Joyce calmly said no to them and let the Democrat lawmaker know essentially that, 'Sir, this is a Wendy's.'

Video shows Joyce staring for a moment, a bit bewildered at the spectacle before him, and explains that they are in a “processing center" that does not fall under their oversight purview, and not a detention center.


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In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.



Video at link.

Further adding to the notion that Nadler and Goldman were both well aware that they would be denied access before showing up, their colleagues, Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat, also New York Democratic House members, were turned away less than two weeks ago.

You have to admire their tenacity.

“They said this is not a ‘detention facility,’ even though the statute very clearly says that we are allowed into any facility that is being used ‘to detain or otherwise house aliens,'" Goldman told reporters after being rejected by Joyce.

“The question is: Why can’t we go in? What are they hiding?”

He and Nadler, who apparently threw on his best pair of clown shoes for the event, were spotted outside still stewing about the situation.



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BREAKING Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler was just DENIED from going into an ICE facility in New York

HOLD THE LINE. KEEP KICKING THEM OUTLMAO I LOVE THIS



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2:26 PM · Jun 18, 2025

So distraught was Nadler that, according to Gothamist, he is threatening legal action if Democrats continue to be denied access to the ICE court.

But then, that would put an end to their virtue-signaling stunts.

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/202...go-in-n2190640