U.S. Reps Dan Goldman, Adriano Espaillat, and Nydia Velázquez revealed Monday that they are pushing new legislation that would stop ICE agents from stalking the halls of immigration court and arresting immigrants as they attend their legally mandated hearings.

The announcement came after the politicians joined immigration advocates Father Fabian Arias and Peter Melck Kuttel inside 26 Federal Plaza earlier that morning to observe court proceedings. The congress members came face-to-face with masked federal agents who lined the halls, waiting for their targets. Goldman himself demanded to see the badge of one agent; that individual then unzipped his sweatshirt to reveal a golden emblem.

They also attempted to visit the fifth floor, where people arrive for ICE check-ins, and where amNewYork

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