NYC comptroller tries to force way into ICE offices as security locks down federal facility

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and several other lawmakers and protesters staged a sit-in on the th floor of Federal Plaza on September sources ratified to Fox News Digital The group reportedly attempted to force their way into Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE offices and holding cells demanding access to the facility ICE sources claim officers had to secure doors with locks and zip ties after protesters pushed to enter with additional measure now posted on the floor According to ICE leaders several egregious criminal aliens are at this time being held in the cells at the site TRUMP DOJ SUES LOS ANGELES OVER SANCTUARY CITY POLICIESMeanwhile a separate protest unfolded outside the building where activists blocked ICE vans from leaving the facility Protesters have been surrounding the vans while chants echoed across the plaza Brad Lander himself posted about the demonstration on social media tagging the Democratic Socialists of America in a message of solidarity CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThis is a emerging story