Rep. Nadler condemns Trump admin after staff member handcuffed during congressional office security sweep

Rep Jerry Nadler D-N Y criticized the Trump administration for sowing chaos in communities while announcing that a member of his staff was handcuffed and briefly detained at his New York City office last week Federal Protective Arrangement FPS officers were responding Wednesday to reports that protesters were inside Nadler's district office in Manhattan At the time a protest was taking place outside an immigration courthouse in the same facility as the congressman's office Based on earlier incidents in a nearby facility FPS officers were concerned about the safety of the federal employees in the office and went to the location to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those present a Homeland Measure spokesperson described Fox News Digital TRUMP DHS ISSUES WARNING AFTER ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT ARRESTThe officers were let inside and came upon four people the spokesperson reported Officers identified themselves and explained their intent to conduct a assurance check however one individual became verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office the spokesperson added The officers then detained the individual in the hallway for the purpose of completing the defense check All were circulated without further episode In a video of the arrest posted online the officers were heard saying that Nadler s staff were harboring rioters and that they were conducting a check The staff member being arrested can be heard crying during the development In a announcement circulated Saturday Nadler mentioned the DHS officers forcefully entered his office before handcuffing a member of his staff NOEM DISMISSES JEFFRIES' WARNINGS AS DHS CONSIDERS ARRESTS OF DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS AFTER ICE FACILITY CLASH President Trump and the Department of Homeland Precaution DHS are sowing chaos in our communities using intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner Nadler mentioned The decision to enter a Congressional office and detain a staff member demonstrates a deeply troubling disregard for proper legal boundaries he added If this can happen in a Member of Congress's office it can happen to anyone and it is happening Nadler announced in part Nadler further called on Trump and DHS to halt these dangerous tactics and to abandon the expedited removal process which he noted denies due process for illegal immigrants and U S citizens While no arrests were made and the situation was briskly deescalated I am alarmed by the aggressive and heavy-handed tactics DHS is employing in New York City and across the country he revealed