"They were joined by City Comptroller Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera of the Bronx, Assembly Members Jessica González-Rojas, Clare Valdez, and Steven Raga of Queens, and Tony Simone of Manhattan, as well as City Council Member Tiffany Cabán of Queens. Ten of the pols were arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents, along with Lander."
"After demanding access to the holding cells and being forcefully denied entry by DHS agents for about 20 minutes, the officials unfurled the banner refused to move from the hallway for roughly another 40 minutes, before getting cuffed. Specifically, the electeds were attempting to inspect if the feds were complying with a preliminary injunction orderring the them to address overcrowding, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions inside the areas."
""Immigration courts should be places of justice, but in reality, have become abduction traps," Lander said in a statement. "Each week, I witness ICE agents become brownshirts, conducting more abductions and becoming increasingly violent as they detain our immigrant neighbors in deplorable conditions or ship them to far away places.""
More than a dozen city and state officials, including multiple Brooklyn lawmakers and city leaders, were arrested during protests at Manhattan’s Federal Plaza against federal immigration enforcement. The group sought access to DHS holding cells on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza and displayed a banner reading "NYers Against ICE." After being denied entry for about 20 minutes, the officials remained in a hallway for roughly 40 more minutes before arrests occurred. Ten of the officials were detained by Department of Homeland Security agents. The effort aimed to verify compliance with a preliminary injunction addressing overcrowding, unsanitary, and inhumane conditions in the holding areas.
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