ICE, New Jersey and Ras Baraka
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DHS secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday called for censuring Congress members who stormed a detention center. She committing a felony and endangering law enforcement and detainees.
The resolution would remove Watson Coleman from Appropriations, Menendez from Energy and Commerce, and McIver from Homeland Security and Small Business.
They don’t deserve to be in the House,” Noem said of the New Jersey lawmakers involved in the incident. “They should be censured by it.”
Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram provides details on the fallout from Democrats' demonstration at an ICE facility in Newark that resulted in Mayor Ras Baraka's arrest and the possible arrest of the House lawmakers that were involved.
Newark city officials were back in front of Delaney Hall on ... The notices allege the Geo Group, which is contracted by ICE to operate the 1,000-bed facility, is refusing city officials entry to the facility and improperly padlocking the front gate.
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned the Trump administration not to pursue charges against three Democratic Representatives who were on scene lask week when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested trying to inspect an ICE facility in Newark,
Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility,”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.