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NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander arrested by ICE
New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while he was escorting a defendant out of immigration court.“While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE,” Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette, wrote on X.
“This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely,” Barnette wrote.
Video of the incident posted online showed Lander outside a courtroom at the city’s main immigration court when he is approached by officers, including some wearing masks.
Lander repeatedly asked the officers to show him a judicial warrant before he is handcuffed, per the video posted by Barnette.
These guys have found a formula that's working for them. Just as it did when Rep. LaMonica McIver was charged with assault after she was prevented from exercising her legal right to inspect an ICE facility.
They cause a ruckus in a public setting and then find a pretense to arrest an elected official who just happens to be a Dem. The message being sent is crystal clear. There's a word for it.......it's called intimidation. If you happen to be the comptroller of NYC and a mayoral candidate there, or a US Rep., or a US senator, prepare to be arrested, push against a wall, forced down to the floor, and handcuffed by trump's goon squad.
As Padilla eloquently put it, if this is what's happening to US senators in public view imagine what they're doing to lettuce pickers.
Congressional hearings are called for but the POT is running the show and they're all too afraid to show some courage and speak out or take action.