Eleven Democrat elected officials and lawmakers were arrested Thursday for trying to access ICE detention cells inside 26 Federal Plaza, according to multiple reports.
The arrested include city Comptroller Brad Lander. Others were arrested outside for trying to block entry to the facility.
City and state lawmakers sought to inspect the holding cells on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a district judge this week ordered conditions there brought up to constitutional standards. When denied access, the officials sat on the floor and refused to leave, unfurling a banner that read “NYers Against ICE,” at which point they were arrested, The New York Times reported.
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