Rep. Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9)

"Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10) led 77 of his colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee to direct the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to submit a report to Congress detailing the status of unaccompanied children’s immigration proceedings. The letter also asks the Committee to include language in its FY2026 report encouraging EOIR to continue using specialized juvenile dockets to improve fairness, efficiency, and child protection in immigration court proceedings. 
 
“The immigration courts have a critical role to play in administering justice efficiently while maintaining standards that ensure due process, which can be especially difficult in proceedings where children are the sole or principal respondent.  Utilization of specialized juvenile dockets with robust anti-trafficking safeguards and child-appropriate accommodations can both help protect children from dangers and achieve much needed efficiency benefits for the backlogged immigration courts, all while improving due process in children’s cases,” the Members wrote."

Rep. Alma Adams, Rep. Gabe Amo, Rep. Yassamin Ansari, Rep. Nanette Barragán, Rep. Don Beyer, Rep. Julia Brownley, Rep. Salud Carbajal, Rep. André Carson, Rep. Joaquin Castro, Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Gil Cisneros, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Lou Correa, Rep. Joe Courtney, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Danny Davis, Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, Rep. Laura Friedman, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Rep. Robert Garcia, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, Rep. Chuy García, Rep. Dan Goldman, Rep. Al Green, Rep. Jahana Hayes, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Hank Johnson, Rep. Julie Johnson, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Rep. Rick Larsen, Rep. John B. Larson, Rep. George Latimer, Rep. Summer Lee, Rep. Sam Liccardo, Rep. Ted Lieu, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Stephen Lynch, Rep. Seth Magaziner, Rep. Lucy McBath, Rep. Sarah McBride, Rep. Jennifer McClellan, Rep. Jim McGovern, Rep. LaMonica McIver, Rep. Rob Menendez, Rep. Dave Min, Rep. Kelly Morrison, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, Rep. Scott Peters, Rep. Nellie Pou, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Delia Ramirez, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Rep. Luz Rivas, Rep. María Elvira Salazar, Rep. Andrea Salinas, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Hillary Scholten, Rep. Adrian Smith, Rep. Darren Soto, Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Paul Tonko, Rep. Ritchie Torres, Rep. Gabe Vasquez, Rep. Marc Veasey, Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Rep. Nikema Williams

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) conducted a raid on a local business in Newark, New Jersey.  

In response, Rep. Rob Menendez (NJ-08) and Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) led a letter with Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Nellie Pou (NJ-09), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) to the Department of Homeland Security demanding answers as to the circumstances surrounding the raid and the wellbeing of those involved. 

Rep. LaMonica McIver, Rep. Rob Menendez, Rep. Frank Pallone, Rep. Nellie Pou, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman