Brad Lander, a New York City controller and mayor’s candidate, were detained by federal immigration officials for more than three hours to try to accompany immigrants from hearing to Lower Manhattan. After his release, Lander expressed a shock when the reporter told him that the Ministry of Inner Security spokesman said he was arrested for laying his hands on a federal officer. “Seriously?” Lander said.
Dramatic detainment at the Immigration Court in Manhattan
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the comprehensive in New York Brad Lander is arrested by immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) and FBI agents outside the federal immigration court.
Brad Lander, a New York City controller and a leading candidate for the mayor, were detained by federal immigration officers on Tuesday on Tuesday in a highly charged incident that caused extensive convictions and political debate. The episode developed in the Manhattan Immigration Court, where Lander was present in support of immigrants and observed the proceedings.
According to eyewitness and video accounts, Brad Lander tried to accompany immigrants identified as Edgard, outside the courtroom when he was confronted with masked agents from immigration and customs enforcement (ICE).
Brad Lander insisted that the agents show a court order that permits arrest, repeatedly stated, “I will not let go of if you show me a court order”.
The situation escalated when the agents were forcibly separated by Lander from Edgard, the bonds and led him away, despite his protests that he had not given justice, but stood in a proper trial.
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Federal reaction to the arrest of Brad Lander
The Ministry of the Internal Security (DHS) claimed that the candidate for the mayor of New York Brad Lander was arrested for the alleged assault of the federal officer and the interference with official duties, although Lander strongly denied these accusations and has not been formally charged.
DHS spokesman accused Lander of the search for a “viral moment” and undermination of law enforcement, rejecting the entitlement as “apparently false” and urging the public to review the video of the incident.
“Cave”, says Governor of New York
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, who plunged into the court building after seeing Brad Ladner’s arrest shots, condemned the incident as a “shocking abuse of power” and confirmed that all accusations against Lander were canceled, allowing him to walk freely.
Hochul’s presence, together with Lander’s wife Meg Barnette, emphasized the political importance of the event, and many of the New York politicians described the arrest as “political intimidation” and “fascism”.
New York Governor formerly called Lander’s arrest by federal agents in the “Cave” Immigration Court.
Cry over the arrest of Brad Lander
Critics condemned the detainees as obvious abuse of power and political intimidation and emphasized the aggressive tactics of federal promotion of immigration under the administration of Donald Trump.
Prominent voices, including former governor Andrew Cuomo, described the incident as “extreme crime”, while Acla called it “stunning abuse of power and threat to our democracy” for arresting an elected official simply as the desired process.
Statement of Brad Lander of Arrest
Compressor in New York Brad Lander, center, leaves the federal building of Jacob K. Javits with his wife, Meg Barnette, right and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul left after he was released from the arrest before the federal immigration court on Tuesday
After his release, Brad Lander addressed the media and said, “I will be fine, but Edgardo will not be fine,” he emphasized the ongoing situation of immigrants who face detention without legal representation under Donald Trump.
The candidate in New York revealed that Ice agents who detained him were immigrants themselves born on a diverse substance in New York-40% of New Yorkers were born outside the US and half live in households with mixed status, according to US official data.
Brad Lander stressed that the identity of New York as a “immigration city” makes it essential for its leaders to defend the rights of all people regardless of its position.
The US Prosecutor for the South District of New York is still reviewing the incident, but Governor Hochul said that, according to her consciousness, “there are no accusations; the accusation has been abolished;
Senator Alexa Padilla’s focus back
American Senator Alex Padilla, D-Calif., Is pushed out of the room because the Minister of Inner Security Kristi Noem is held a press conference on recent protests in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
This incident comes in the middle of an increase in aggressive recovery of immigration throughout the United States, while politicians and advocates warned against growing tactics of intimidation by federal agencies.
Just a few days earlier, US Senator Alex Padilla was limited and forcibly removed from a press conference when he tried to ask the secretary of DHS Kristi Noem to the question in LA.
Padilla, telling this incident on the Senate floor on Tuesday, urged the Americans to “wake up”, and warned that what was happening to immigrants in California was just a “test case” what Trump could do anywhere in the country.
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