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NYC Comptroller arrested by 'masked federal agents' at an immigration court [1]
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Date: 2025-06-17
The day after Trump told ICE to leave rural red state America alone and focus their fascism on blue cities, armed federal agents swooped in and arrested New York City Comptroller Brad Lander in a Manhattan Immigration Court.
This is how the Guardian reported the federal government’s latest abuse of power:
Masked federal officers wrangled New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander and placed him in handcuffs inside an immigration courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday. The city’s elected financial watchdog who is among Democratic candidates for mayor entered the public federal building to observe immigration hearings when he was accosted by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as well as FBI and Treasury Department agents wearing face coverings.
The report added
Lander had linked arms with his staff and an immigrant targeted for arrest moments after a court hearing. As agents moved in to pull Lander away from the hallway, he shouted out “show me your warrant, show me your badge.” “I will let go if you show me a judicial warrant,” he can be heard saying in footage of his arrest. “I would like to see the warrant, and then I will let go.”
Lander pointed out that his arrest was extra-judicial unless the agents had a warrant.
Lander repeatedly asked agents where he was being taken and under what authority, as immigration enforcement officers do not have authority to arrest U.S. citizens. “I’m not obstructing, I am standing right here in the hallway,” he said. “You don’t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant.”
Lander is one of the candidates in the June 24th Democratic primary for NYC mayor — which in New York is the election that usually counts. He had been in third place. Ironically, this ought to improve his odds.
MAGA will celebrate this arrest as a sign that their boy is making America great again. But you have to believe that among independents and even non-MAGA Republicans, this will not help the autocrat’s cause.
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