NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander released after arrest by ICE
NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander released after arrest by ICE
Published Tue, Jun 17 202512:57 PM EDTUpdated Tue, Jun 17 20256:18 PM EDT
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Key Points
- New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a Democratic candidate for mayor, was released from custody late Tuesday afternoon after he was arrested by ICE.
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called Lander’s arrest “total bulls—” in a post on X.
- The arrest occurred as he was “escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza,” Lander’s wife said.
- Video of the incident, posted on X, shows Lander standing outside a courtroom and being approached by officers.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and FBI agents outside federal immigration court in New York, June 17, 2025.
Olga Fedorova | AP
New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was released from custody Tuesday afternoon, about four hours after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the city’s main immigration court.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called Lander’s arrest “total bulls—” in a post on X.
“When elected officials are being detained without cause, we have to ask: what the hell is happening to our country?” Hochul wrote. “This federal overreach cannot go unchecked.”
Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette, wrote on X earlier Tuesday: “While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.”
Video of the incident posted online showed Lander outside a courtroom being approached by officers, including some wearing masks.
Lander repeatedly asked the officers to show him a judicial warrant before he was handcuffed, according to the video posted by Barnette.
The Department of Homeland Security said Lander was arrested for “assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer.”
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they were “continuing to investigate the actions involving” Lander. As of 5 p.m. ET, Lander had not been charged with a crime.
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Lander, a candidate in next week’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor, was in court observing immigration case proceedings, which he has done at least two other times, Barnette said.
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The incident comes days after police handcuffed Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., after he was forcibly removed from a press conference that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was holding in Los Angeles.
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