{"id":31135,"date":"2025-06-17T18:56:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31135"},"modified":"2025-06-17T18:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:56:30","slug":"new-york-mayoral-candidate-detained-by-federal-agents-at-immigration-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=31135","title":{"rendered":"New York mayoral candidate detained by federal agents at immigration court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=dbcc456b-ca41-4acd-85d9-56681bdf62a9&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>New York City\u2019s top finance official and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained by law enforcement agents on Tuesday while trying to escort a defendant out of immigration court, according to his spokesperson. <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bradlander\/status\/1935016805099016236?s=46\" data-trackable=\"link\">video posted on Lander\u2019s account on X<\/a> shows the comptroller, who is running in the Democratic primary for mayor, being handcuffed and escorted away. He can be heard saying: \u201cYou don\u2019t have the authority to arrest US citizens.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The arrest of Lander, a progressive contender in next week\u2019s primary, underscores the rising political temperature in response to President Donald Trump\u2019s deportation push, with protests and skirmishes with authorities breaking out around the country. It comes just days after Democratic US Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed by federal agents at a Los Angeles press conference held by Trump\u2019s homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem. <\/p>\n<p>It was not clear why Lander tried to escort the defendant out of court. \u201cWhile escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained\u201d by agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Dora Pekec, Lander\u2019s campaign spokesperson, told the Financial Times. <\/p>\n<p>A statement posted to the X account of the US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said Lander was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer. <\/p>\n<p>The Democratic primary is often viewed as the main electoral contest for the mayor\u2019s office, as few Republican candidates get traction with voters in New York City. Former governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned from office in 2021 amid harassment allegations, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b29de84f-ff58-43d4-92c8-71fdfeace26b\" data-trackable=\"link\">leading contender for the office<\/a>, along with Lander\u2019s fellow progressive Zohran Mamdani. <\/p>\n<p>Lander\u2019s rivals in the race condemned ICE and demanded his immediate release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the latest example of the extreme thuggery of Trump\u2019s ICE out of control \u2014 one can only imagine the fear families across our country feel when confronted with ICE,\u201d Cuomo said. <\/p>\n<p>Mamdani told the FT: \u201cBrad Lander\u2019s arrest is the result of the authoritarian crisis New York City faces under Donald Trump and all those who enable him. Standing up for our immigrant neighbours should be celebrated, not condemned. All New Yorkers must speak in one voice and share one message: release Brad now. We will not rest or grow quiet until Brad \u2014 and the immigrant communities who call New York City home \u2014 are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/dbcc456b-ca41-4acd-85d9-56681bdf62a9\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}