Today, ICE agents manhandled, handcuffed, and detained the third highest ranking elected official

in America's largest city.

They did it while mass.

We're going to show you the video so you see the whole video.

And they did it while refusing to show the person they were arresting any justification

at all.

He asked repeatedly, as you will see, in the form of a warrant or anything else.

Brad Lander, who I was just discussing with Chris, is the comptroller of New York City. He's also a

Democratic candidate for mayor. And today, he spent three and a half hours in ICE custody.

Thanks to the heavy-handed tactics of Trump's Department of Homeland Security.

New York Governor Kathy Hochel, who had a few choice words, as I just said with Chris, to say about all of this, after rushing down to the courthouse today, springing him from there

after three and a half hours, she's going to join me here live to talk about that in just a few

minutes. But first, I want to show you exactly what took place today.

As you may know, the Trump administration has been arresting immigrants when they show up at

federal courthouses for their own immigration hearings. That's become a tactic of theirs.

It's a completely dirty fearmongering tactic they used to try to run up their deportation numbers.

That's why they do it.

It's also been widely denounced, not just because it's sturdy, because it discourages immigrants

from following the law and showing up for their own hearings, which is exactly what people are doing

who are showing up to the courthouse. One of the ways the Democratic officials have tried to push back

on this tactic is by showing

up at courthouses themselves to act as escorts for those immigrants who were, again, just

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