Goldman presses Noem on ICE raids after left | Political News

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) eviscerated Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a tense Homeland Security House Committee listening to about ongoing ICE raids Thursday.

Goldman, an attorney who has represented New York‘s tenth congressional district since 2023, put his Ivy League law college training to the take a look at, efficiently evading and calling Noem out for her diversion ways, in which she blamed the earlier Biden administration for excerbating immigration points when requested if DHS was violating the law by deporting those with open aslyum instances, during a stand-out second of the listening to. The incident circulated on social media after hecklers stormed the room.

It comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would pause all asylum instances after the Thanksgiving Eve capturing at the capital, which killed one of two National Guard troops.

The listening to got here just a day after New York Comptroller Brad Lander, a close pal of Democratic Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, announced his bid to problem Goldman in the 2026 major amid a rising left-wing populist motion looking for to problem Democratic Party figures from the left.

During the listening to, Rep. Goldman rendered Secretary Noem practically speechless after accusing her of failing to comply with his request from two months in the past to submit investigation papers for a case in which an ICE agent was reinstated after being discovered guilty of utilizing extreme drive. She told him she was “surprised” to hear he had not obtained the papers.

He also led her to admit that deporting a particular person with an ongoing asylum case could be unlawful, as it’s thought-about a legal pathway to citizenship, which DHS has been accused of doing in locations including New York.

Goldman requested her 3 times while she talked over him to verify whether or not asylum seekers are in the nation legally, which she finally did. However, she blamed the earlier Biden administration for exacerbating immigration points, a common tactic of the Trump administration, to which he pointedly responded, “I’m not asking about Biden,” later including, “Why are you filibustering? Why can’t you answer the question? It’s a simple question.” 

After asking for the third time, she responded, “The asylum program was broken under the Biden administration,” prompting him to yield his time, while making clear that he believes DHS is breaking the law by deporting people with asylum instances.

He went on to concur that there are points with the current asylum system, but demanded that DHS uphold current legal guidelines or work with Congress to amend them.

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Earlier in the week, Rep. Goldman announced that he and a handful of other lawmakers launched a invoice to block ICE from arresting immigrants in court, which has occurred across the nation, including New York.

“Immigrants following legal pathways to stay in the U.S. should not have to choose between getting unlawfully detained by following those pathways or going underground,” he wrote on X about the invoice. “Our new bill stops ICE from ambushing immigrants in court and restores the due-process protections owed to every person in this country. We will keep fighting to make our system fair, humane, and worthy of our values.”

The day before the listening to, he also criticized ICE brokers for sporting masks and demanded “immediate answers and accountability” from Secretary Noem.

Lander, a former council member, announced his bid to problem Rep. Goldman during the 2026 midterms a day before the listening to, pitching himself as a candidate to Goldman’s left who could be an ally somewhat than an adversary in Washington to NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

He also subtly highlighted some of the variations between him and Goldman, including that he doesn’t settle for AIPAC money. Meanwhile, Rep. Goldman has obtained $479,396 from Israel foyer teams, according to Federal Trade Commission data analyzed by the AIPAC Tracker. Both candidates are Jewish-Americans and self-identified Zionists.

He has already been endorsed by stalwart progressive figures and teams, including the NY Working Families Party, his pal NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), as effectively as well-known metropolis figures, including Asad Dandia, a neighborhood organizer and tour information with a large online following identified for main NYC strolling tours.

Similar to Mamdani, who cross-endorsed Lander during June’s mayoral major, Lander targeted his marketing campaign announcement on his love for New York City and his dedication to neighbors working together to uphold democracy.

“I’m running for Congress because the challenges we face can’t be solved with strongly worded letters or high-dollar fundraisers and not by doing AIPAC’s bidding in a district that knows our safety, our freedom, our thriving, is bound up together,” he said in a social-media savvy video. “Our mayor can have an ally in Washington instead of an adversary in his own backyard.”

He later added, “While the oligarchy drives an affordability crisis, they shouldn’t be able to buy a seat in Congress.”

While some are skeptical that the prosperous space will elect a Mamdani ally, analysts notice that New York’s tenth congressional district went +25 for Mamdani in November, according to exit polling from The New York Times.

“While the results were mixed in Lower Manhattan, Mamdani dominated on the Brooklyn side — Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park,” famous Adam Carlson, co-founder of Zenith Polls, on X after the November election.

Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges, NoHo, Tribeca and Battery Park City went for unbiased candidate Andrew Cuomo, but all other Lower Manhattan neighborhoods went for Mamdani, per exit polling.