Ice agents arrested the New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander at a federal building in Manhattan.
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He had spent the morning there observing immigration hearings and told an Associated Press reporter he had intended to accompany some immigrants out of the building. Footage of the arrest shows an agent telling Lander: ‘You’re obstructing’. Lander replies: ‘You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking for a judicial warrant’ as he was led into left
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