Here in New York, police say a former Army veteran has been taken into custody after using fireworks to start a fire outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where many immigrants have been held in unsanitary and overcrowded conditions. According to the FBI, 43-year-old Andrew Arrabaca doused a stairwell with gasoline and ignited it; he also fired five to seven pellets from an airsoft gun. The Department of Homeland Security described him as an “anti-ICE rioter.” This is James Barnacle, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office.

James Barnacle: “Mr. Arrabaca came armed with bad intentions. I will say that 26 Federal Plaza has long been a target of extremists, of terrorists. And today, the extremism was brought here.”

26 Federal Plaza became infamous last year as masked federal agents repeatedly arrested immigrants who had come for mandatory check-ins and court appointments. Last summer, a judge ordered the Trump administration to address prolonged confinement at jails inside 26 Federal Plaza, citing severe overcrowding, medical neglect and limited access to food, water, sanitary products and a place to sleep.