In an audacious act of civil disobedience, New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral hopeful Brad Lander was apprehended by federal officers at an immigration court in Manhattan, his arrest stemming from a defiant refusal to acquiesce to a detention order, wherein he entwined arms with a targeted individual, precipitating a standoff that culminated in his own detainment; the incident, which unfolded against a backdrop of escalating apprehensions outside immigration tribunals nationwide, has ignited a firestorm of condemnation from fellow Democratic contenders and political figures alike, even as Lander maintains his actions were a nonviolent remonstration against the draconian immigration policies he associates with the Trump administration.