Today, ICE arrested New York City Comptroller Brad Lander. Not for breaking the law. For standing beside a constituent in immigration court. 🧵/x - ThreadSky

elizaorlins.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Today, ICE arrested New York City Comptroller Brad Lander.

Not for breaking the law.

For standing beside a constituent in immigration court. 🧵/x

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elizaorlins.bsky.social•3 days ago

An elected official. Arrested. By federal agents. At court.
This is a dangerous escalation—and a deliberate attempt to intimidate those who show up for immigrant communities. 2/x

elizaorlins.bsky.social•3 days ago

Later that day, I joined hundreds of New Yorkers at Foley Square. We heard from Brad after his release. And true to form, he used his voice to advocate for the people still detained by ICE—those without power, title, or protection. 3/x

elizaorlins.bsky.social•3 days ago

As a public defender for 15 years, I’ve seen ICE weaponize fear. But what happened today crossed a line.

I break it all down in my latest newsletter:
Objection: They Came for the Comptroller

https://open.substack.com/pub/objectioneverything/p/objection-they-came-for-the-comptroller?r=a4f97&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

📹 Watch.
📢 Share.
🗣️ Speak out—because silence is complicity.

4/x

henkdegraaf.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why is no one helping him by stopping those MF ICE assholes from taking him. Take their hats and masks off... Grap them from behind and yank them away. If you are with more people they have to withdraw.

adhdandd.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s an escalation that carries jail time (*technically* battery). And the fear is, they aren’t super great w/ rules as written. So, giving them an excuse will just escalate their bad behavior.

California has it right. Making it illegal for federal agents to hide their faces or not identify.

henkdegraaf.bsky.social•1 day ago

I guess you're right. But it makes me so mad. It's unheard. I'm Dutch, so I totally can't imagine it happen here. People here would knock the shit out. of them.