New York City mayoral candidate finds it 'remarkable' DHS agents who arrested him were both immigrants

New York City comptroller and mayoral campaigner Brad Lander said connected Tuesday that it was "remarkable" to him that immoderate of the officers who arrested him extracurricular an migration court were themselves immigrants.

Video footage of Lander's apprehension appeared to amusement him hanging onto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arsenic they escorted a suspect retired of immigration court astatine 26 Federal Plaza, repeatedly asking officials if they had a judicial warrant.

"I volition fto spell erstwhile you amusement maine the judicial warrant," Lander said successful the video. "Where is it? Where is the warrant?"

NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE BRAD LANDER ARRESTED BY DHS AGENTS, RELEASED HOURS LATER AFTER ALLEGED OFFICER ASSAULT

New York City comptroller and mayoral campaigner Brad Lander appeared connected MSNBC to sermon his arrest. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

Lander described however "angry" and "sad" helium was astatine the acquisition connected MSNBC’s "All In with Chris Hayes," pointing retired what helium seemed to see an irony that immoderate of the arresting officers were migrant New Yorkers.

"I got to accidental astir who 2 of the agents were, due to the fact that this was benignant of singular successful itself," Lander said. "The arresting serviceman is simply a Pakistani Muslim who lives successful Brighton Beach, and the 2nd serviceman is an Indo-Guyanese migrant who lives successful South Ozone Park successful Queens. Both immigrants."

He added, "Immigrant New Yorkers, whoever they are, person a batch of the aforesaid issues. And immoderate of that is affordable housing. And immoderate of that is knowing that Donald Trump is coming for New York City. And we request elected officials who volition basal up."

Hayes asked what it said to him that the arresting officers were some immigrants defending an ICE operation.

"It says to maine that what Trump is trying to bash is to thrust a wedge into our country," Lander answered.

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New York City Comptroller and mayoral campaigner Brad Lander, the latest U.S. person to beryllium swept up successful U.S. President Donald Trump's migration raids, is arrested astatine an migration court, successful New York City, U.S., June 17, 2025, successful this screengrab from a video obtained from societal media.  (New York City Comptroller's Office/via REUTERS)

Lander was released aft being detained for a fewer hours. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said successful a property league aft his merchandise that the charges against Lander were dropped.

In effect to the incident, a DHS spokesperson said, "Our heroic ICE instrumentality enforcement officers look a 413% summation successful assaults against them—it is incorrect that politicians seeking higher bureau undermine instrumentality enforcement information to get a viral moment."

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"No 1 is supra the law, and if you laic a manus connected a instrumentality enforcement officer, you volition look consequences," the spokesperson said.