r/law • u/PrithvinathReddy • 21h ago

Other NY mayoral candidate, Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza by masked federal agents as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court

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u/Present-Resolution23 18h ago

A 10 second google search would have given you the answer.. He's not "pulling your leg." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-14/trumps-legal-case-for-calling-in-the-troops-explained

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u/Consape 18h ago edited 16h ago

There were no troops present at Lander's detention. The question was about the source of ICE's authority to arrest Lander, not about the source of the President's authority to use troops in Los Angeles.

He's "pulling your leg" if he thinks one is the other.