Here is Lander’s X profile. Here is Lander’s campaign website. Editor's Note: A previous version of this story misidentified the district Brad Lander represented in the City Council.

In the days before Tuesday's NYC Democratic mayoral primary, candidates tried to make their closing arguments with a shared focus on standing up to the White House.

"They aren’t given an opportunity in many cases to present their case to say why they have a credible fear of persecution,” Lander said. “I haven’t seen one single person with a lawyer… they’ve just ...

NYC mayor candidate Brad Lander trots out Cuomo’s harassment accusers in final campaign push after ICE arrest - Accuser says ...

The episode occurred as federal immigration officials are conducting large-scale arrests outside immigration courtrooms across the country.

"While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE," Dora Pekec, Lander's campaign spokesperson, said in a statement.

ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

Brad Lander is used to getting arrested. In 2015, Lander was detained during a protest in support of striking car wash workers. Two years later, Lander participated in an act of civil disobedience ...

A growing army of volunteers has mustered at immigration courts during a month-old campaign to detain people showing up for ...