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Brad Lander: “ICE has known they don't have the authority to arrest people…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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April 8 Live with Brad Lander

Published | Video Starts at 02:19

Yeah, I'll start by observing that last week we got this stunning admission that Jay Carson, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District, put out that ICE has known they don't have the authority to arrest people in courts the entire year. They misrepresented to a federal judge and to their own prosecutors this memo claiming this authority that they knew they never had. And they've kind of normalized this thing that for centuries people have understood. (02:19–02:25)

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Asserts that ICE was aware they lacked legal authority to arrest people in courts throughout the year.

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