'It can happen to anyone': Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office [View all]

Source: politico




The agency said the unidentified staff member was not charged.


By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing 05/31/2025 05:22 PM EDT

Officers with the Department of Homeland Security briefly detained a staff member in Rep. Jerry Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) Manhattan office during an incident on Wednesday, as protests took place outside an immigration courthouse in the same federal facility as the representative’s office.

The incident, first reported by the news outlet Gothamist on Friday, was captured on video. In the recording, a DHS officer can be heard saying that members of Nadler’s staff were “harboring rioters” in their office while another officer cuffs a crying staffer.

“I’m a federal officer,” the DHS official said to a second staff member in the video posted by Gothamist, adding “we have the right to check” the office. The second staff member, who can be seen initially blocking the officer’s entry to a private area in the office, asked whether the officers had a warrant to search the space, to which the officer replied negatively. The staff member eventually acquiesced, allowing the officer to walk through the area.

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“President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are sowing chaos in our communities, using intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner. In the most recent and deeply troubling incident, DHS agents forcefully entered my Congressional office and handcuffed a member of my staff,” Nadler said, adding that he was “alarmed by the aggressive and heavy-handed tactics DHS is employing in New York City and across the country.”

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Trump has given permission to use these aggressive and intimidating tactics--and is probably having a good laugh at the expense of the staffer who was detained and handcuffed!!

I am hoping this Nadler staff person will be given some good lawyers by the Democrats.

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Department of Homeland Security officials briefly entered the office of Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday. | Yuki Iwamura/AP