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Protesters troop outside U.S. ICE in Manhattan after officials’ arrest

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Protesters sat outside a Manhattan building where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate holding cells cited by a federal judge for inhumane conditions after about a dozen New York state and local elected officials were arrested on Thursday (September 18). New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 state lawmakers were taken into custody inside 26 Federal Plaza after they were denied entry to inspect the 10th-floor cells. A group was there to &quot;ensure compliance&quot; with a court order on Thursday requiring ICE to improve conditions at the lock-up, protest organizers said. Eyewitness video showed another group of several dozen anti-ICE protesters who blocked the building&#x27;s garage entrance, sitting on the pavement with signs and chanting, &quot;ICE out of New York.&quot; Reuters was able to independently verify the location the video was filmed from the building&#x27;s facade and parking lot entrance which matched satellite and file imagery. Reuters was able to confirm the date the video was filmed from the collaborating reports and metadata. Organizers said more than 75 people in all were detained by city police and federal agents at both gatherings. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for ICE&#x27;s parent agency, the US Department of Homeland Security, put the number of overall arrests at 71. The incident was the latest clash between federal authorities and Democratic politicians opposed to the immigration policies of President Donald Trump. Lander was detained in June inside the same building, where the government also operates an immigration court, while escorting a man who ICE wanted to arrest. (Production: Pola Grzanka, Gabriel Goh)

Protesters sat outside a Manhattan building where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate holding cells cited by a federal judge for inhumane conditions after about a dozen New York state and local elected officials were arrested on Thursday (September 18).

Protesters sat outside a Manhattan building where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate holding cells cited by a federal judge for inhumane conditions after about a dozen New York state and local elected officials were arrested on Thursday (September 18).

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Protesters troop outside US ICE in Manhattan after officials’ arrest

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Published Sep 19, 2025 05:10 PM PHT

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