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Brad Lander: “We said we wouldn't leave until they gave us access to what…”

Featuring: Brad Lander, Democratic | New York City Comptroller

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Published | Video Starts at 01:07

So along with 10 other elected officials and about 75 New Yorkers, we went to the 10th floor and demanded access. And We said we wouldn't leave until they gave us access to what a federal judge had said was a human rights violation. And eventually they arrested us. And I'm taking my case to trial because we can't be afraid of these brown shirts. And the crime is not what we were doing demanding access. (01:07–01:15)

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Asserts that a federal judge deemed ICE's actions a human rights violation.

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