Lander, attuale comptroller della città, è stato ammanettato mentre accompagnava un imputato fuori da un tribunale per l'immigrazione a Manhattan

“You don’t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens,” Lander told the masked agents.

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.