New York Metropolis mayoral candidate and comptroller Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday by ICE as he sought to look at immigration courtroom proceedings in decrease Manhattan amid the Trump administration’s “mass deportation” crackdown.
Video offered by Lander’s crew confirmed a gaggle of ICE brokers surrounding Lander and urgent him up towards a wall whereas handcuffing him.
“I’m not obstructing I’m standing right here in the hallway, I asked to see the judicial warrant,” Lander might be heard saying within the video because the brokers take him into an elevator. “You don’t have authority to arrest a U.S. citizen asking for a judicial warrant.”
Extra particulars about his arrest weren’t instantly accessible.
As a part of the federal authorities’s ramped up deportation efforts, ICE brokers have been detaining migrants on the federal courthouse in decrease Manhattan for the final a number of weeks. Lander is amongst numerous native officers who’ve for weeks appeared on the courthouse to look at the proceedings.
New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Brad Lander is arrested by ICE brokers in Decrease Manhattan on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Dean Moses / AMNY)
New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Brad Lander is arrested by ICE brokers in Decrease Manhattan on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Dean Moses / AMNY)
New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Brad Lander is arrested by ICE brokers in Decrease Manhattan on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Dean Moses / AMNY)
Initially Printed: June 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM EDT
