representative Jerrold Nadler critical Donald Trump and the Department of Internal Security (DHS) After the police arrested a staff member who cries at the Nadler district office.
While the demonstrators gathered before an immigration courthouse, the DHS officers tried to enter the Manhattan office of Nadler in the same building and accused his staff of “hosting rioters”.
The incident, first reported By Gothamist, was captured in front of the camera. In the video, which, according to the point of sale, was recorded by a person who monitored the activity before the immigration court, the DHS is seen handcuffed an unidentified staff member.
“No, she didn’t do it. This is not what happened,” said another member of the out -of -camera staff.
“She pushed it back,” replied an unidentified officer.
“I am a federal officer,” said a DHS official to a staff member who prevented him from entering a private section of the office and asked him if they had a search warrant. The officer said no, they had no mandate, but the staff member finally enabled him to enter the region.
Nadler castigated Trump and Dhs for “aggressive and heavy tactics” used in this incident and to hold others across the country.
“President Trump and the ministry of Internal security (Dhs) sement chaos in our communities, using intimidation tactics against citizens and non-citizens in an imprudent and dangerous way. In a most recent and deeply disturbing incident, the DHS agents entered my congress office forcefully and handcuffed a member of my staff, “said Nadler in a statement Released on Saturday.
Nadler said that the actions of the officers demonstrate “a deeply disturbing contempt for the appropriate legal borders”.
“If this can happen in a member of the Congress Bureau, it can happen to anyone – and it happens,” said the member of the New York Congress, calling the DHS and Trump to “stop using these dangerous tactics”.
Nadler has also criticized “the use of the administration of accelerated withdrawal process which denies the regular procedure to immigrants and citizens. »»
The detailed staff member was not arrested, nor accused of crime. She told Gothamist that “everything resolved” but did not comment more.
