“Trump’s ICE cowboy gestapo isn’t about public safety it’s about authoritarianism,” Brannan said on X (formerly Twitter). “It shreds the rule of law, ignores due process, and targets people based on fear and hate. We can’t let this fascist playbook become the new normal.

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Two of the Democrats seeking to succeed Lander as comptroller — Brooklyn City Council Member Justin Brannan and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine — pulled no punches in condemning his arrest Tuesday.

“Trump’s ICE cowboy gestapo isn’t about public safety it’s about authoritarianism,” Brannan said on X (formerly Twitter). “It shreds the rule of law, ignores due process, and targets people based on fear and hate. We can’t let this fascist playbook become the new normal.

Masked ICE agents just violently arrested a US citizen —and elected official — for simply asking to see a judicial warrant,” Levine wrote in his X post. “This is authoritarianism. Comptroller Lander must be released immediately.”