Press Releases

U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Prohibiting Political Prosecutions Act, new legislation to enact guardrails to prevent the Trump Administration and future administrations from misusing the justice system to target or coerce political opponents.

Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) introduced the Generating Relief for Academic Debt Using Assisted Tax Efficiency (GRADUATE) Act, legislation that would allow student loan borrowers to deduct their student loan payments, including accrued interest, from their taxable income. The student loan interest tax deduction has not been raised since 2001, while borrowing costs have risen unsustainably for students nationwide. The GRADUATE Act addresses the student loan crisis by enacting a long overdue increase of the current $2,500 tax deduction benefit for student loan interest payments and expanding coverage for payments towards the loan principal. Reps. Robert Garcia (CA-42), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Shomari Figures (AL-02), and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) cosponsor this legislation.

Today, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) cross-examined Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons over ICE’s “un-American and outright fascist” immigration enforcement tactics. Rep. Goldman grilled Lyons for forcing people of color to prove their citizenship — and demanded that Lyons “rein in [his] out-of-control agency.”

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Jason Crow (CO-06) are leading 101 Democrats in condemning the Trump’s administration’s repeated attempts to eliminate funding for legal services for unaccompanied children in the United States. The lawmakers are urging the Administration to commit to a long-term legal services contract that ensures that children in the custody and care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) receive the protections and support to which they are legally entitled.

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (D-NY-10), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Lou Correa (D-CA), along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA), led colleagues in pressing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to expedite its investigation into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents' use of force. The Congressional push follows violent ICE operations in Minneapolis that resulted in the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti last month, in addition to reports of ICE agents using increasingly aggressive tactics and entering homes without a warrant.

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Eric Swalwell (CA-14) introduced the ICE OUT (Oversight of Unchecked Tactics) Act, legislation which would strip qualified immunity from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who use excessive force and ensure that victims of excessive force can seek justice.

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security demanded that Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem immediately produce records related to the fatal shootings of two United States citizens by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents in Minnesota earlier this month. The letter also demands that DHS preserve all records associated with the fatal shootings.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Representative Dan Goldman (NY-10) and twelve Members of Congress filed an amended complaint and emergency motion today seeking a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to restore their right and duty to conduct oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities.