"City Comptroller Brad Lander said on Tuesday that he is forcing the federal government into a criminal trial over his arrest this summer during a sit-in protest at 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE has detained hundreds of law-abiding immigrants. The city's fiscal watchdog and immigrant advocate appeared in federal court on Nov. 18 and formally rejected a plea deal for his Sept. 18 arrest."
"Lander said his main objective is to get some answers from the federal government about what has been happening inside detention areas within Federal Plaza, where he and other lawmakers have been repeatedly denied access. Let's be clear that crime is what ICE is doing in those detention facilities, Lander said before walking into federal court at 500 Pearl St. on Nov. 18."
Brad Lander rejected a plea deal and will force the federal government into a criminal trial over his Sept. 18 arrest during a sit-in at 26 Federal Plaza. The protest involved Lander and multiple elected officials who attempted to inspect ICE detention conditions on the 10th floor and were arrested after refusing to leave hallway areas. Federal agents had used opaque tape to seal the doors, preventing visual inspection. Lander seeks answers about conditions inside detention areas where lawmakers were repeatedly denied access. Other arrested officials accepted plea deals requiring six months' avoidance of federal buildings for charges to be dropped.
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