In a dramatic incident captured on video, U.S. Department of Homeland Security police Wednesday handcuffed one of Rep. Jerry Nadler aides in the congressmember’s Manhattan office, which is in the same federal office building as an immigration courthouse.
In the video, which was shared with Gothamist and filmed by a person who was monitoring activity in immigration court, DHS officers entered Nadler’s district office and accused staff members of “harboring rioters.” A Nadler staffer is seen crying and being handcuffed. Another officer is at a door trying to enter a private area of the office while a staffer asks for a warrant.
DHS later said in a statement that “one individual” — the woman seen being handcuffed — had blocked police from performing a security check they intended to do based on information there were protesters in the lawmaker’s office.
I guess this is the new normal. No respect given to the congress or its prerogatives and hardcore police action against immigration advocates and protesters. Get ready.
The lazy POS’s at ICE and DHS are now just parking themselves outside of immigration courts where people are voluntarily showing up to make their case and immediately locking them up the minute they come out the door. Easy peasy. None of that unpleasantness of having to go find them. They can just round up the non-criminals who are trying to abide by the rule of law.
This is going to get worse. Last week Miller was apparently having a tantrum that the numbers aren’t higher. I’m guessing schools are next.