While the ICE arrest of City Comptroller Brad Lander enraged New Yorkers on Tuesday, he was not the only person physically manhandled and assaulted by federal officers.
Before Lander’s arrest, amNewYork observed dozens of masked ICE agents apprehending immigrants inside 26 Federal Plaza on June 17 — continuing a weeks-long effort to seize undocumented individuals who had moments earlier followed court orders to attend mandatory hearings, giving them little to no warning of their impending arrest.
