The imbroglio at the Manhattan federal building saw New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral aspirant Brad Lander apprehended by federal officers following his act of civil disobedience—interlocking arms with an individual targeted for detention as he emerged from an immigration hearing Lander was observing, precipitating his arrest and igniting a firestorm of controversy vis-à-vis escalating ICE enforcement protocols and the politicization thereof, particularly in the context of heightened nationwide apprehensions outside immigration tribunals, with fellow Democratic contenders decrying the incident as an egregious overreach.