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Brad Lander: “I tried to walk out of the building, and I think you saw the…”

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 06:40

But then when we went back upstairs again, we had these next two cases, this Yoruba gentleman and Edgardo, who we just I tried to walk out of the building, and I think you saw the video. All I tried to do was just hold Edgardo's arm and ask the ICE agents, do you have a warrant? And they would not show me the warrant. And I said I'd let go of his arm as soon as they showed it to me. And they did not show it to me. (06:40–07:00)

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Asserts that Brad Lander attempted to verify if ICE agents had a warrant for Edgardo's detention.

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