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Brad Lander: “I was in detention for four hours. Edgardo remains in ICE…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Families walked out of the building so they could go back to their neighborhoods. In this case, you saw, they grabbed us, separated us. I was in detention for four hours. Edgardo remains in ICE detention today. And as I said, you're the comptroller of the city. What is that? Fair enough. Everything is under comptroller. Comptroller, yeah. What do you do? The chief financial officer in New York city. (11:45–11:50)

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Asserts that he was detained for four hours and that Edgardo is still in ICE detention.

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