{"id":208,"date":"2025-06-02T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=208"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:25:35","slug":"staffer-at-dem-rep-nadlers-office-cuffed-by-dhs-officer-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=208","title":{"rendered":"Staffer At Dem Rep. Nadler\u2019s Office Cuffed by DHS Officer: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a dramatic incident caught on video, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers handcuffed an aide to Rep. Jerry Nadler on Wednesday inside his Manhattan district office, located in the same federal building as an immigration courthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video, shared with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/homeland-security-cops-handcuff-one-of-rep-nadlers-aides-in-chaotic-day-at-ny-fed-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gothamist<\/a>&nbsp;and recorded by someone monitoring immigration court activity, shows DHS officers entering Nadler\u2019s office and accusing staffers of \u201charboring rioters,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One staffer is seen in tears as she is handcuffed, while another officer attempts to enter a private area of the office, prompting a staff member to demand a warrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, one officer is seen attempting to enter a private office as a staffer inside repeatedly asks to see a warrant. \u201cI\u2019m a federal officer. We\u2019re here checking on something. We have the right to check,\u201d the officer tells her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, DHS said the woman seen being detained had blocked officers from conducting a security check prompted by reports of protesters inside the congressman\u2019s office. Later that day, demonstrators gathered outside the federal building to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Rep. Nadler\u2019s office and a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the staff member was neither arrested nor charged with any crime. In a brief phone interview, the staffer who was handcuffed said \u201ceverything resolved\u201d and declined to provide further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal Dept. of Homeland Security police handcuff Democratic Rep. Nadler&#039;s congressional staffer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2d2GCrqIgXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadler\u2019s office did not comment on what prompted the incident, but two individuals who were at the courthouse monitoring ICE activity said the confrontation began after ICE officers allegedly threatened to arrest them and other advocates. A Nadler staffer then invited the group into the office, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadler\u2019s office is located on the sixth floor of the Varick Street federal building, which also houses the federal immigration court on the fifth floor, along with offices for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Gottheim, Nadler\u2019s co-chief of staff, confirmed that no arrest was made but declined to comment further on the unusual incident, which saw federal agents enter a congressional office, accuse staffers of criminal activity, and handcuff one aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The episode comes amid escalating tensions between Democratic lawmakers and the executive branch over immigration enforcement. Earlier this month, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Rep. LaMonica McIver were arrested during protests outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent days have also seen a rise in arrests at immigration courthouses across the country. In January, the Trump administration announced it would no longer treat locations like courthouses and schools as \u201cprotected\u201d sites exempt from immigration enforcement, as it moves forward with what it has called the largest deportation effort in U.S. history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At another immigration court in New York City, located at 290 Broadway, ICE officers last week detained a 20-year-old Bronx high school student shortly after an immigration judge dismissed the student\u2019s deportation case. According to the city\u2019s education department, the Venezuelan student is the first New York City public school student detained by ICE during Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later that evening, around 6:30 p.m., police arrested nearly two dozen protesters accused of blocking traffic outside the Varick Street building, according to an NYPD spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video showing the confrontation at Rep. Nadler\u2019s office, the handcuffed staff member states that constituents were present for a scheduled meeting. Those individuals later identified themselves in interviews with Gothamist as immigrant rights advocates who had been monitoring activity in the building, including areas outside the federal immigration courtrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video does not show any interactions between Nadler\u2019s staff and DHS officers prior to the moment the staffer was handcuffed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic incident caught on video, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers handcuffed an aide to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}