Brad Lander, New York City’s Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate, was detained by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Lander was arrested as he was escorting a migrant out of an immigration courtroom in Manhattan.

New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal officers inside a Manhattan immigration court on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for his office.

New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested Tuesday by masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan. A U.