Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested on Tuesday by ICE agents at an immigration courthouse in lower Manhattan. He was attempting to escort a migrant whom agents were trying to arrest.
Lander was charged with assaulting a federal officer. This is one of several high-profile instances when federal authorities have arrested a Democratic politician — following Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-CA) arrest last week.
His arrest comes just one week before New York City’s mayoral primary election is set to be held.
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The Democratic mayoral primary election is on June 24, allowing voters to rank their top five candidates using ranked choice voting. If a candidate receives over 50% of the first-choice votes, the candidate wins the race outright. If no candidate passes the 50% threshold, the candidate with the least
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