MS NOW host Ali Velshi is moving to weeknights soon to take over The 11th Hour, as Stephanie Ruhle moves to daytime. On the final episode of his eponymous Sunday morning show, Velshi gave far-left Democrat Brad Lander a forum to bash ICE and to accuse Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza. The MS NOW host also tried to convince his viewers that some illegal aliens are not actually illegal, as he accused ICE of being "Trump's thug force." After bringing aboard his guest, Velshi talked up Lander's history of going to courthouses and trying to interfere with ICE agents: MS NOW's Velshi Lets Far-Left Dem Accuse Israel of 'Genocide' pic.twitter.com/xbZpPS654V — Brad Wilmouth (@bradwilmouth) June 9, 2026 VELSHI: .The reason you're on the show as regularly as you are is about something else. It's about your battles to try and help -- I don't even call them undocumented immigrants because the people you're talking about are documented. They're going to court, they have an agreement with the court about when they're supposed to arrive, and you have been showing support for them long before you were running for mayor of New York and member of Congress. A bit later, even though some asylum seekers are also illegal aliens, the MS NOW host that grew up in Canada reiterated his push to convince his viewers that asylum seekers should not be thought of as illegal: VELSHI: And I just -- I need people to understand this, that these people get adjudicated. They're often given a notice printed out saying, please, you know, come back in six months or a year or whatever. So you can't really call them undocumented. They're in the system. LANDER: That's right. VELSHI: They show up....They're not hiding A bit later, Velshi recounted that, when he visited the ICE detention facility in Newark that local police at one point made him move to another area. He then complained about local police helping protect ICE facilities: "We shouldn't be -- the country knows that ICE is bad. They know that CBP is bad. They know this is Donald Trump's thug force. Our municipal police should not be playing security contractor for them." A bit later, Velshi brought up the issue of Lander running against fellow Democratic Congressman Dan Goldman, with Lander running to the left of Goldman on Israel. The MS NOW host gave no pushback as Lander accused Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza and obnoxiously invoked Nazi Germany: LANDER: And my opponent can't even say the word "occupation," much less say, "I'm going to stop voting to send U.S. military aid for Netanyahu's -- for Israel's destruction of Gaza," which I do consider a genocide. That term was coined by a Jew, Raphael Lemkin, who lost family to the Nazis and said, "Never again means never again to anyone." And that's a very Jewish thing to fight for. And, you know, I don't think there's good Jews and bad Jews. There's just Jews trying to navigate their way through a complex world. We deserve to be safe. Palestinians deserve to be safe. Palestinians are not. Israelis are not going to be safe until Palestinians are free. And it's a Jewish thing to say. VELSHI: So yeah, it's a -- it's weird that that sounds like an outside view, but it's not. It's a very mainstream, well understood view, including within Judaism. So thank you for being with us again. Transcript follows: MS NOW's Velshi June 7, 2026 12:24 p.m. Eastern ALI VELSHI: Joining me now is Brad lander. He's the former comptroller for New York City and current congressional candidate in New York's 10th district. A new Emerson poll from May shows that Brad Lander has 57 percent support against the incumbent, Dan Goldman's 23 percent. We're going to talk about that in a second, except, Brad, that the reason you're on the show as regularly as you are is about something else. It's about your battles to try and help -- I don't even call them undocumented immigrants because the people you're talking about are documented. They're going to court, they have an agreement with the court about when they're supposed to arrive, and you have been showing support for them long before you were running for mayor of New York and member of Congress. This battle continues. BRAD LANDER, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE: That's right. Right now. Yeah, I was in court this week because, as you were talking about, the Trump administration is using what they're calling mega master calendar hearings, just radically accelerating people's cases. I was in a room with all these young people who are eligible for special immigrant juvenile status, and the judge even said so. But they're basically manipulating the calendar and trying to throw them out, even though they're, in many cases, abandoned here without parents -- had parents who were tortured and killed. And what are we doing to them? It's really -- it's appalling. VELSHI: Your -- your opponent in the primary has taken to this. He is -- he's a little new to the game, but he's decided he also wants to show up at court. You showed up court. We showed video of you getting arrested. You linked hands with somebody who had just been adjudicated, walked outside a court. And I just -- I need people to understand this, that these people get adjudicated. They're often given a notice printed out saying, please, you know, come back in six months or a year or whatever. So you can't really call them undocumented. They're in the system. LANDER: That's right. VELSHI: They show up. LANDER: That's right. They've had a hearing. They've got an individual hearing date. (cross talk) VELSHI: They're not hiding LANDER: -- (inaudible) asylum application. We know where they are. VELSHI: And then they walk out and this happens. LANDER: Yes. I mean, masked ICE agents who don't present them with a warrant, who don't give a reason for the arrest -- they're really totally lawless. And then they take them to a place like Delaney Hall, where conditions are so bad, people are on hunger strike. VELSHI: So last Saturday night, I went out to Delaney Hall to get a handle on what was going on. And as it started to get hot, we started to get pushed back by Newark police. So the day before it had been state police, and that was Newark police. And this is video of me walking backward with all those police walking me backward. That was just for me and my team in -- in east New York. On Long Island, the same thing is happening. We shouldn't be -- the country knows that ICE is bad. They know that CBP is bad. They know this is Donald Trump's thug force. Our municipal police should not be playing security contractor for them. LANDER: That's correct. And actually, recently, the New York state legislature just passed and the governor signed a law strengthening the prohibition on collaboration by local law enforcement. Yes. You were not threatening the peace by reporting the news, and it shouldn't be that police forces are out there helping ICE do -- they're the ones breaking the law. I mean, right now, ICE is the one who is ignoring the rule of law in our country, and our local and municipal police should not be collaborating with them. VELSHI: Brad, you are -- you don't fall into the category of the kind of person that the Democratic establishment is supporting. They have decided they will support incumbents, generally speaking, and you even fall outside of the normal non-incumbent because you're -- you're sort of an activist and you're out there. How do you feel about that? You're -- you're -- you're running at double Dan Goldman, who's not just an incumbent, but a very well-funded and very well self-funded guy. What do you make of that? The party's on his side. (BRAD LANDER) Dan Goldman's been giving a lot of speeches recently. One of them didn't say your name, but it almost seemed like he was targeting you about whether you're really a good Jew because you've got nuanced views on Israel and Gaza and Palestine and -- and funding of Israel. LANDER: Yeah. I mean, look, I am a proud Jewish New Yorker. What this city has been for us after thousands of years of getting the crap kicked out of us around the world is amazing. And I even believe in the vision of a -- of a Jewish and democratic Israel. But there's no democracy with occupation. And my opponent can't even say the word "occupation," much less say, "I'm going to stop voting to send U.S. military aid for Netanyahu's -- for Israel's destruction of Gaza," which I do consider a genocide. That term was coined by a Jew, Raphael Lemkin, who lost family to the Nazis and said, "Never again means never again to anyone." And that's a very Jewish thing to fight for. And, you know, I don't think there's good Jews and bad Jews. There's just Jews trying to navigate their way through a complex world. We deserve to be safe. Palestinians deserve to be safe. Palestinians are not. Israelis are not going to be safe until Palestinians are free. And it's a Jewish thing to say. VELSHI: So yeah, it's a -- it's weird that that sounds like an outside view, but it's not. It's a very mainstream, well understood view, including within Judaism. So thank you for being with us again. LANDER: Congratulations on your run here. What a magnificent one it's been. Props on the new show. VELSHI: I hope you're a late-night guy so you'll join us (inaudible) LANDER: I'll be staying up late to watch for sure.