Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller and a candidate for mayor, was handcuffed as he tried to steer a man past Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

The incident comes days after police handcuffed Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., after he was forcibly removed from a press conference that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was holding.

El actual contralor de la ciudad fue arrestado por agentes federales del ICE mientras escoltaba a un inmigrante fuera de la corte