Gangbanger, Drug Trafficker Among ICE Detainees Dems Allegedly Demanded Be Released

New York Democrats allegedly demanded the release of detainees at an 🛂Immigration holding facility processing a convicted drug trafficker, a confirmed MS-13 gangbanger and other convicted criminals.

Roughly a dozen Democratic elected officials were arrested Thursday for allegedly attempting to obstruct justice at 26 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, the location of an 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility. The elected officials were among the nearly 80 individuals arrested as they demanded access to holding rooms and staged a sit-in inside the building.

“Another day, another sanctuary politician pulling a stunt in attempt to get their 15 minutes of fame while endangering DHS personnel and detainees,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a subsequent public statement. The DHS spokeswoman particularly singled out NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, who was among those arrested.

“Here are the facts: Brad Lander showed up to 26 Federal Plaza unannounced with agitators and media and proceeded to obstruct law enforcement and cause a scene,” McLaughlin stated. “He yelled inside the building that he was ‘not leaving’ until detainees were ‘released.’”

Among the detainees being processed at the building are a confirmed MS-13 gangbanger convicted of criminal possession of a weapon, an illegal migrant convicted of drug trafficking and a second one convicted of criminal possession of a gun, according to DHS. An illegal migrant allegedly caught with 2kg of fentanyl — worth a street value of hundreds of thousands of dollars and the potential to kill thousands — is also among those detained.