Federal agents detained Brad Lander on Tuesday at a New York City immigration court. Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, was attempting to escort someone attending their hearing.
In video of the incident, Lander is heard asking: “Since you have no authority to arrest U.S. citizens, where are you taking me? And with what authority?” Lander repeatedly asks agents: “Do you have a judicial warrant?”
In a Bluesky post, Gwynne Hogan, a reporter for local news outlet The City, wrote that Lander was arrested by masked agents and taken into an elevator. One member of his NYPD security detail joined.
Lander was in the NYC immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza on Tuesday, where ICE agents were apparently making arrests.
According to AMNY, Lander and members of his team were walking arm-in-arm with a man whose immigration case had just been dismissed. AMNY reported that agents from ICE, the FBI and the Treasury Department — all masked — were attempting to arrest the man.
Lander is heard saying, “I’m not obstructing," while agents attempted to detain him.
Members of Lander’s staff repeatedly asked where the mayoral candidate was being taken, but received no answer from agents.
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