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Homeland Security Arrests Brad Lander and 10 State Lawmakers Inside 26 Federal Plaza

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Department of Homeland Security police officers arrested 11 local elected officials inside Lower Manhattan’s federal building after they had demanded access to immigration enforcement’s shadowy holding area on the building’s 10th floor. 

The arrests at 26 Federal Plaza happened after an hour-long standoff, with the lawmakers refusing to leave the hallway outside the lockup, banging on the locked doors, and eventually sitting down to chant and sing before they were hauled off in zip ties. All 11 have been released. 

Democratic New York Lawmakers Arrested for Demanding Access to Alleged ICE Detention Facility

Democratic New York lawmakers — as well as City Comptroller Brad Lander — were arrested by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers Thursday after demanding access to an alleged detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at 26 Federal Plaza.

At least 11 city and state officials have been confirmed to have been taken into custody. All were zip-tied and led away by DHS officers after refusing to leave the 10th floor — where ICE has been accused of running the suspected lockup — without answers.

The elected officials had gathered with immigrant rights organizers to spotlight ICE’s operations in the federal building, where detainees have reported being held in unsafe and degrading conditions. For more than an hour, the group pressed to see the alleged holding area before DHS officers moved in to make arrests.

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