NYC Comptroller Brad Lander has been handcuffed while visiting an immigration court: "You don't have the authority to arrest a US Citizen asking for a judicial warrant"
JUST NOW: Alex Padilla gives his first speech on the Senate floor since being handcuffed last week: “The president will tell you this is just about targeting dangerous violent criminals. If it was just about targeting dangerous, violent criminals there would be no disagreement. But we know differently, public data released by the administration shows that the majority of immigrants currently in ice custody have no prior criminal conviction”
JUST NOW: New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks on the arrest of Brad Lander: “You want to know what I really think? It’s bullshit. How dare they take an elected official who’s been going down there for weeks to escort people who are afraid to walk into a courthouse in the United States of America. What the hell is happening to this country?”
JUST NOW: New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks on the arrest of Brad Lander: “You want to know what I really think? It’s bullshit. How dare they take an elected official who’s been going down there for weeks to escort people who are afraid to walk into a courthouse in the United States of...
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters have gathered outside the NYC Federal Court building where Brad Lander was arrested by masked ICE agents today (Video: @newyorkcitypeople)
Abbott's border wall, the one that he crowed on about relentlessly, and how Biden was at fault for not continuing to build it, remember? He's quiting building it after only 8% of the original plan has been completed
Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.
NEW: Today House Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Jonathan Jackson from Illinois were DENIED entry into the South Loop ICE facility in Chicago: “We went to ask questions and perform congressional oversight of potential illegal ICE activities as Donald Trump's administration targets immigrant communities. More to come.”
Bad Bunny uses his social media account to document an ICE raid in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He warned his followers that ICE agents were arresting people on Pontezuela Avenue and driving Toyota RAV4s.