Several New York officials arrested in protest at the Manhattan Ice office
Several elected officials in New York were arrested Thursday during a protest in an immigration office in Manhattan, according to local media reports and the National Security Department.
Among those arrested in 26 Federal Plaza, a government building that houses an immigration and customs control office, was the Comptroller of New York City Brad Lander, which was arrested in the same place in June, while accompanying people to visits to the immigration courts.
In a statement, DHS confirmed that a total of 71 people were arrested during the protest on Thursday, including Lander, two senators of the New York State and nine members of the New York State Assembly.
The Comptroller of New York City, Brad Lander and other local politicians, are arrested after trying to obtain access to inspect the conditions of the detention cells in the United States immigration court in Manhattan, New York, USA, UU., September 18, 2025.
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Landing Posted in Social Networks that he and other elected officials demanded access to the tenth floor of the installation, which operates as a possession installation for detained migrants, “to monitor the conditions in the ICE de facto detention center.”
In the statement, DHS said: “Brad Lander appeared to 26 Federal Square without prior notice with agitators and media and proceeded to obstruct the police and cause a scene. He shouted inside the building that” did not leave “until the detainees were” released. “
A federal agent stops the Comptroller of New York City Brad Lander and other elected officials after they demand access to inspect the detention center in the Jacob K. Jacob Federal Building Imigration Court, on Thursday, September 18, 2025, in New York.
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The New York Wabc ABC station reported that Lander and the other elected officials who were arrested would receive police citations and then be released.
After the arrests on Thursday, the building was later placed in a blockade due to a bomb threat, DHS said.
The installation of 26 Federal Plaza has been the scene of numerous protests in recent months in the midst of the repression of immigration of the Trump administration.
New York Democratic State Representatives Marcela Mitaynes, Emily Gallagher, Robert Carroll, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Claire Valdez, Tony Simone and Steven Raga, New York Democratic State Senators Julia Salazar, Gustavo Rivera and Jabari Brisport, and New York City Competroller Brad Lander behavior. DEMONSTRATION AFTER BEING DENIED ACCESS TO INSPECT THE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION CELLS AT IMMIGRATION COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN MANHATTAN, New York City, USA. UU., September 18, 2025.
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Lander was arrested during a protest in June after being accused of assaulting an agent of the law. Lander denied the accusation and said he was not accused after the incident.
Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to improve the conditions for migrants arrested in the holding installation inside the building.
