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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams was arrested Thursday along with dozens of demonstrators during an anti-ICE protest outside 26 Federal Plaza.

The demonstration Thursday, organized as a nonviolent act of civil disobedience, focused on ICE’s detention and deportation practices. Protesters demanded oversight of what they described as inhumane treatment of immigrants in federal custody.

Dozens of demonstrators were taken into custody as part of Thursday’s coordinated protest. Williams said he expected to be released later in the day.

NEW YORK CITY - New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says he was arrested Thursday along with dozens of demonstrators during an anti-ICE protest outside 26 Federal Plaza.

A video posted on X shows Williams in handcuffs a

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