Overview

• About a dozen state and city officials were taken into custody on Sept. 18 at 26 Federal Plaza after staging a sit-in when ICE refused to let them inspect the 10th-floor holding area; they received summonses and were released.
• U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s preliminary injunction requires more space per detainee, thrice-daily cleaning, hygiene supplies, sleeping mats, and confidential, unmonitored attorney phone calls within 24 hours.
• Arrest totals differed, with organizers citing more than 75 detainees and the Department of Homeland Security listing 71; authorities later locked down the building after a bomb threat call.
• Those arrested included Comptroller Brad Lander inside the building and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams outside, along with state Sens. Julia Salazar, Jabari Brisport, Gustavo Rivera and multiple Assembly members and city council members.
• DHS officials defended enforcement and criticized the protest tactics, while access disputes persist because members of Congress hold explicit inspection authority that state and local officials lack.