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Brad Lander: “Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Detained and Released Amid Immigration Court Protest

Published | Video Starts at 04:16

I don't have to worry about due process rights. At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo, who I had just met a couple of minutes earlier. Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight. So far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights by a government and a judge that owe him a credible fear … (04:16–04:22)

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Asserts that Edgardo is currently detained by ICE and will not be released tonight.

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