18.06.2025 - 19:46 [ DemocracyDocket.com ]

ICE Agents Arrest NYC Official and Democratic Mayoral Candidate Outside Immigration Court

(June 17, 2025)

Lander said he was volunteering for an immigrants’ rights organization and that the man he was helping was named Edgardo.

“Edgardo is in ICE detention, and he’s not going to sleep in his bed tonight. As far as I know, he has no lawyer. He has been stripped of his due process rights by a government and a judge that owe him a credible fear hearing before they deport him.”

“So, I will be fine,” Lander added. “But Edgardo is not going to be fine. And the rule of law is not fine. And our constitutional democracy is not fine.”