NEW YORK (AP) — Greater than a dozen elected officers had been arrested Thursday whereas protesting situations at a New York Metropolis immigration holding facility the place a federal decide this week prolonged a courtroom order requiring the federal government to form up its remedy of detainees.
Eleven officers had been arrested whereas making an attempt to examine holding rooms on the tenth ground of the federal government’s 26 Federal Plaza constructing in Manhattan, in keeping with a coalition of politicians, advocates and religion leaders concerned within the protest.
The officers, together with metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander and members of the state legislature, had been searching for to make sure compliance with a preliminary injunction issued Wednesday that requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to eradicate squalid situations and overcrowding.
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A federal agent detains New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander and different elected officers after they demanded entry to the examine the detainment facility at immigration courtroom on the Jacob Ok. Javits federal constructing, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Yuki Iwamura)
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A federal agent detains New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander and different elected officers after they demanded entry to the examine the detainment facility at immigration courtroom on the Jacob Ok. Javits federal constructing, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Yuki Iwamura)
Lander was beforehand arrested on the constructing after he linked arms with an individual authorities had been making an attempt to detain. He was launched hours later.
Different officers had been arrested exterior the constructing, together with metropolis Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a spokesperson for the protesters mentioned. In all, greater than 75 individuals had been detained.
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