On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) has been charged in connection with a scuffle at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, earlier this month.
&#8220;Today my office has charged Congresswoman McIver with violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1) for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement,&#8221; Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba <a href="https://x.com/USAttyHabba/status/1924615111198576645" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
In response, McIver insisted the case has been tainted by politics.
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🚨 Today my office has charged Congresswoman McIver with violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111(a)(1) for assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/TV00uwRtKq">pic.twitter.com/TV00uwRtKq</a>
— US Attorney Habba (@USAttyHabba) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyHabba/status/1924615111198576645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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McIver joined other House Democrats from New Jersey, demanding they be allowed to conduct &#8220;oversight&#8221; of the ICE detention facility at Delaney Hall on May 9. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat running for New Jersey governor who has been protesting the ICE site, was also present. At one point, there was a breach. ICE body-cam <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-claim-ice-agents-roughed-them-up-body-cam-footage-says-otherwise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> shows part of a confrontation between the New Jersey Democrats and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents.
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NEW: DHS has provided <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday. They say the video clearly shows <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepLaMonica</a> (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed… <a href="https://t.co/GOAKm6U80W">pic.twitter.com/GOAKm6U80W</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1921217033825644967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Baraka was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor charge of trespass, but Habba said in a statement on Monday that her office agreed to dismiss it. She even offered to personally give him a tour of Delaney Hall in the &#8220;spirit of public interest.&#8221;
Yet the &#8220;dismissal against the mayor is not the end of this matter,&#8221; Habba said. &#8220;Congressional oversight is an important constitutional function and one that I fully support. However, that is not at issue in this case.&#8221;
Habba, who previously served as President Donald Trump&#8217;s personal lawyer and White House aide, said McIver had been charged because her alleged conduct &#8220;cannot be overlooked by the chief federal law enforcement official in the State of New Jersey, and it is my Constitutional obligation to ensure that our federal law enforcement is protected when executing their duties.&#8221;
The move is sure to escalate animosity between Democrats and the Trump administration in the already-tense debate on illegal immigration and deportations.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/hakeem-jeffries-angrily-condemns-joke-dhs-spox-for-threatening-arrests-of-house-democrats-thats-a-red-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> last week a &#8220;red line&#8221; would be crossed if his colleagues involved in the incident were to be arrested by federal authorities or get sanctioned, said in a statement with other House Democrat leaders that the decision to charge McIver was &#8220;extreme, morally bankrupt and lacks any basis in law or fact&#8221; and they vowed to &#8220;respond vigorously in the days to come at a time, place and manner of our choosing.&#8221;
McIver struck a defiant tone in response to being charged.
&#8220;Earlier this month, I joined my colleagues to inspect the treatment of ICE detainees at Delaney Hall in my district. We were fulfilling our lawful oversight responsibilities, as members of Congress have done many times before, and our visit should have been peaceful and short. Instead, ICE agents created an unnecessary and unsafe confrontation when they chose to arrest Mayor Baraka,&#8221; McIver said in a <a href="https://x.com/RepLaMonica/status/1924617694298378675" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;The charges against me are purely political — they mischaracterize and distort my actions, and are meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight,&#8221; she added. &#8220;This administration will never stop me from working for the people in our district and standing up for what is right. I am thankful for the outpouring of support I have received and I look forward to the truth being laid out clearly in court.&#8221;
Habba said she &#8220;persistently made efforts to address these issues without bringing criminal charges and have given Representative McIver every opportunity to come to a resolution, but she has unfortunately declined.&#8221; She concluded: &#8220;No one is above the law — politicians or otherwise. It is the job of this office to uphold justice impartially, regardless of who you are. Now we will let the justice system work.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://x.com/AlexisMcAdamsTV/status/1924635219237212445" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Fox News national correspondent Alexis McAdams reported that she was told McIver is facing several felony charges and faces possible time behind bars.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem also issued a post on X concerning the situation.
&#8220;After a thorough review of the video footage of Delaney Hall and a full investigation from HSI, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey has made the determination to charge Congresswoman LaMonica McIver for assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers,&#8221; Noem said.
&#8220;No one is above the law. If any person, regardless of political party, influence or status, assaults a law enforcement officer as we witnessed Congresswoman McIver do, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We thank our brave ICE law enforcement officers for their service to this great nation.&#8221;
DHS previously <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/09/members-congress-break-delaney-hall-detention-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> two other House Democrats — New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman and Rob Menendez — &#8220;stormed the gate and broke into&#8221; the facility in Newark that day. Menendez <a href="https://x.com/PhilHollowayEsq/status/1920969269350695108" target="_blank" rel="noopener">questioned</a> how it was acceptable for authorities to &#8220;put their hands&#8221; on his colleagues.
House Republicans have introduced measures to punish the Democrats involved in the altercation, including a censure <a href="https://x.com/RepTimmons/status/1922429753698484552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> against McIver and a <a href="https://x.com/liz_elkind/status/1922347246147780625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> to strip them of their committee assignments.
Fox News reporter Chad Pergram <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1922424558449262905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> on X last week that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he believed there &#8220;needs to be an appropriate measure taken&#8221; as the &#8220;video doesn&#8217;t lie.&#8221; Johnson added, &#8220;I think it was wildly inappropriate for those members to do that and we&#8217;ll have to take appropriate action.&#8221;
On Monday, House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) <a href="https://x.com/KaelanDC/status/1924630593221849273" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement, &#8220;Like most Americans, I am so tired of seeing those on the Left constantly get away with their lawless, criminal behavior. I fully support the Trump administration’s decision to charge Mrs. McIver, who sits on the Homeland Security Committee, of all places, for her actions that are clearly documented on video.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;I will continue to work with House leadership to ensure we do our part to hold her accountable, as well. We need to send a clear message to would-be lawbreakers around this country — under this administration, no matter how privileged you are, you will be subject to the rule of law.&#8221;

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The 27-year-old New Jersey man who was convicted in February of stabbing and partially blinding famed novelist Salman Rushdie was hit with the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on Friday.
Hadi Matar was convicted of second-degree attempted murder for the August 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-famed-author-salman-rushdie-target-of-iran-death-sentence-stabbed-on-stage-in-new-york?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=BREAKING%3A+Famed+Author+Salman+Rushdie%2C+Target+Of+Iran+Death+Sentence%2C+Stabbed+On+Stage+In+New+York" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stabbing attack</a> that also injured the event&#8217;s moderator, Henry Reese, the co-founder of Pittsburgh&#8217;s City of Asylum, which helps exiled writers, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/assailant-who-stabbed-author-salman-rushdie-sentenced-25-years-2025-05-16/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Rushdie — who sparked the ire of the Iranian regime with his 1988 novel, &#8220;The Satanic Verses&#8221; — was stabbed by Matar between 10 and 15 times in the head, neck, torso, and left hand at a New York arts institute. After the book was published, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for Rushdie&#8217;s assassination.
Video captured Matar rushing the stage where Rushdie spoke during a writers&#8217; event focused on protecting exiled writers. During the trial, a trauma surgeon testified that without immediate medical intervention, Rushdie would have died, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/salman-rushdie-stabbing-sentencing-attempted-murder-hadi-matar/story?id=121844226" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The jury took just two hours to reach a verdict. Matar was also sentenced to seven years for second-degree assault in the stabbing of Reese, but that sentence will run concurrently with the longer one.
Before the trial began in Chautauqua County Court, Matar rejected a plea deal. Shortly after the jury reached its verdict, his defense attorney, Nathaniel Barone, said Matar plans to appeal the conviction. Matar has also been charged by the federal government with an act of terrorism. He will face those charges at a separate trial in Buffalo, according to Reuters.
Rushdie was born into a non-practicing Muslim family in British India, and now identifies as an atheist. “The Satanic Verses,&#8221; which was labeled as blasphemous by hardline Islamists, refers to verses of the Quran that Rushdie claimed had been removed. Rushdie said that his book is not blasphemous against Islam, adding, “I doubt very much Khomeini or anyone else in Iran has read this book or anything more than selected extracts taken out of context.”
After the sentencing hearing, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said that the stabbing attack still haunts the 77-year-old author.
&#8220;He&#8217;s traumatized. He has nightmares about what he experienced,&#8221; Schmidt said. &#8220;Obviously this is a major setback for an individual that was starting to emerge in his very later years of life into society after going into hiding after the fatwa.&#8221;

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Sentence Is In For American Who Stabbed Novelist Salman Rushdie

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Earlier this week, far-Left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) threatened Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan over their commitment to enforce laws related to illegal immigration, specifically a recent incident concerning New Jersey Democrats at an ICE detention center.
As reported by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-not-very-smart-homan-responds-to-newark-mayor-arrested-for-storming-ice-facility?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘He’s+Not+Very+Smart’%3A+Homan+Responds+To+Newark+Mayor+Arrested+For+‘Storming’+ICE+Facility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>, a number of Democrats rushed the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility after gates were opened to allow a bus of apparent illegal immigrants into the facility. <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/12/us-news/feds-weigh-assault-charges-for-pols-who-protested-nj-ice-center/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to DHS, the feds are considering charges against the Democrats involved.
“If anyone’s breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security,” AOC claimed in a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJfpuCXsK6p/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> posted to Instagram on Sunday. “It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem.”
“You lay a finger on someone, on Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman &#8230; or any of the representatives that were there &#8212; you lay a finger on them, we are going to have a problem,” AOC threatened. “Because the people who are breaking the law are the people not abiding by it.”
Responding to AOC&#8217;s remarks, Homan told the congresswoman that she should do her job.
&#8220;I wish she&#8217;d do her job,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-border-czar-fires-back-aoc-over-doj-probe-remarks-why-doesnt-she-pass-some-legislation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News earlier this week. &#8220;She&#8217;s a legislator, right? Why doesn’t she pass some legislation … and actually improve this country like President Donald Trump is already doing?&#8221;
&#8220;She should try doing her job,&#8221; Homan added.
On CNN airwaves, the border czar had another message for the Democrat: she should be thanking DHS for keeping her constituents safe.
“First of all, you can‘t intimidate me. Come on, give me a break,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, and as far as New York, her district, this administration has done more to protect her district than she has. The number of criminal aliens we took off the streets of New York made her community much safer.”
“She ought to be thanking the members of this administration, the men and women of ICE, who protect this country and make her community safer,” Homan added.
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Tom Homan just obliterated AOC 🔥🔥
“This admin has done more to protect her district than she has. The number of criminal aliens we took off the streets in NYC made her community safer… She ought to love her community more than she hates Trump.” <a href="https://t.co/y8blAnlgqM">pic.twitter.com/y8blAnlgqM</a>
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href="https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1922803538125594969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hes-not-very-smart-homan-responds-to-newark-mayor-arrested-for-storming-ice-facility?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=‘He’s+Not+Very+Smart’%3A+Homan+Responds+To+Newark+Mayor+Arrested+For+‘Storming’+ICE+Facility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘He’s Not Very Smart’: Homan Responds To Newark Mayor Arrested For ‘Storming’ ICE Facility</a>

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Republicans in the GOP-led House are struggling to reach an agreement for the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap being considered for President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill.&#8221;
In the 389-page tax package <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-gets-no-tax-on-tips-and-overtime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> on Monday, there was a provision to increase the SALT deduction cap to $30,000 for individuals earning $400,000 or less, up from the current $10,000 limit from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is set to expire at the end of this year.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the tax measure in a 26-19 vote along party lines on Wednesday morning, but Republicans from high-tax blue states such as New York, New Jersey, and California are fighting for a higher ceiling.
After Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) posted on X a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-works-fry-cooker-at-mcdonalds-roasts-kamala-ive-now-worked-15-minutes-more-than-she-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photo</a> of Trump at McDonald&#8217;s and saying, &#8220;Thanks for playing, @WaysMeansCmte,&#8221; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) <a href="https://x.com/lawler4ny/status/1922652928638173652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>, &#8220;You forgot to add SALT with those fries, Chairman.&#8221;
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You forgot to add SALT with those fries, Chairman. 🧂 🍟 <a href="https://t.co/QhGAUZjxla">https://t.co/QhGAUZjxla</a>
— Mike Lawler (@lawler4ny) <a href="https://twitter.com/lawler4ny/status/1922652928638173652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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GOP lawmakers who want a SALT deduction cap increase have star power in Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who is considering a run for New York governor after Trump pulled her nomination to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She joined other New York Republicans for a May 8 statement that <a href="https://x.com/theblaze/status/1922021280120766600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> a flat $30,000 SALT deduction cap would not get their support.
&#8220;[It] risks derailing President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; they said. &#8220;New Yorkers already send far more to Washington than we get back — unlike many so-called &#8216;low-tax&#8217; states that depend heavily on federal largesse. A higher SALT cap isn’t a luxury. It’s a matter of fairness. We reject this offer.&#8221;
Some House conservatives, who are focused on cutting how much the federal government spends and reining in a national debt that is approaching $37 trillion, have voiced reservations about the SALT deduction cap.
&#8220;The top Congressional districts taking advantage of SALT (State &amp; Local Tax) deductions (i.e., they have high state &amp; local taxes on high incomes. Mostly Dem, heavily CA, Swamp (MD, VA), &amp; NY,&#8221; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1917715364605223414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X last month. &#8220;In fairness, property taxes in TX are horrible, but we shouldn’t subsidize that either!&#8221;
Democrats are pushing in the opposite direction.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1920839627113480620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that he would rather not have a SALT deduction cap at all, as it was before the 2017 tax law, saying on X that Republicans &#8220;must now fully restore it or be completely exposed for their phony advocacy.&#8221;
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/house-lawmakers-debate-medicaid-reform-salt-deductions-caps-in-contentious-marathon-markup-sessions-for-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) offered an amendment to increase the SALT deduction cap to $80,000 and pay for it by raising the tax rate on top earners from 37% to 39.6%, but that proposal was rejected by the Ways and Means Committee.
Trump himself seems to be on board with a change.
During the 2024 campaign, Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/trump-salt-tax-law.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social that he would &#8220;get SALT back.&#8221; CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/salt-deduction-trumps-tax-cuts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that after Trump began his second term, he told Fox News that he would &#8220;love to see something happen on SALT.&#8221;
Lawmakers will now have to negotiate a resolution before the tax package is added to other parts of the &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; and a final vote by the full House. Republicans have a <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">220-213 majority</a>, meaning there can only be a few defectors for the bill to pass if all Democrats vote against it.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly <a href="https://x.com/thehill/status/1922650573746082114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> that Republicans would need until the weekend to reach a deal on SALT. He&#8217;s been gunning to have the House finish up with the overall spending bill by Memorial Day.
&#8220;We have a delicate balance to maintain to get 218 votes on one of the largest and most comprehensive and complex pieces of legislation that&#8217;s ever been drafted by Congress,&#8221; Johnson said, per a <a href="https://x.com/mychaelschnell/status/1922654897213673641" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X from a congressional journalist. &#8220;So yeah, my concern is always the vote total, but I&#8217;m very confident that we&#8217;ll be able to deliver that.&#8221;

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On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) warned against repercussions for his fellow Democrat lawmakers who clashed with federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, last week.
During an <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1922342002298884340" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exchange</a> with Fox News reporter Chad Pergram, Jeffries repeatedly <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/hakeem-jeffries-angrily-condemns-joke-dhs-spox-for-threatening-arrests-of-house-democrats-thats-a-red-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> &#8220;they&#8217;ll find out&#8221; when pressed what might happen if the House Democrats involved in the incident were to be arrested by federal authorities or get sanctioned.
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REPORTER: &#8220;What happens if [DHS] were to go and arrest [Democrats who stormed the Newark ICE facility]?&#8221;
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— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) <a href="https://twitter.com/OffThePress1/status/1922368576989560937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries ultimately asserted that it would be a &#8220;red line&#8221; as the questions persisted. He also took a swipe at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, who <a href="https://x.com/UsaFeatures/status/1921308745495146726" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN that arresting the Democrats in question was &#8220;definitely on the table,&#8221; pending an investigation.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a red line. It&#8217;s very clear,&#8221; Jeffries said. &#8220;First of all, I think that the so-called Homeland Security spokesperson is a joke. It&#8217;s a joke. They know better than to go down that road. And it&#8217;s been made loudly and abundantly clear to the Trump administration. We&#8217;re not going to be intimidated by their tactics.&#8221;
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for New Jersey governor and is protesting the Delaney Hall facility, was arrested following the security breach last Friday. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, said he &#8220;committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.&#8221;
DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/09/members-congress-break-delaney-hall-detention-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> two House Democrats who joined Baraka that day — New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman and Rob Menendez — &#8220;stormed the gate and broke into&#8221; the facility.
While the New Jersey Democrats insisted they were at Delaney Hall to conduct legitimate supervision, McLaughlin <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1922309031894323482" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X, &#8220;Members of Congress cannot break the law in the name of &#8216;oversight.&#8217; All members &amp; staff need to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on site. INCLUDING 24 hour notice.&#8221;
House Republicans have introduced measures to punish the Democrats involved in the altercation, including a censure <a href="https://x.com/RepTimmons/status/1922429753698484552" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> against Rep. LaMonica McIver, another lawmaker from New Jersey who was at the protest, and a <a href="https://x.com/liz_elkind/status/1922347246147780625" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> to strip them of their committee assignments.
On X, Pergram <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1922424558449262905" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told a Fox News colleague he believes there &#8220;needs to be an appropriate measure taken&#8221; as the &#8220;video doesn&#8217;t lie,&#8221; a reference to ICE body-cam <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-claim-ice-agents-roughed-them-up-body-cam-footage-says-otherwise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">footage</a> showing part of the confrontation between the New Jersey Democrats and DHS agents. He added, &#8220;I think it was wildly inappropriate for those members to do that and we&#8217;ll have to take appropriate action.&#8221;

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) took to X on Friday to complain about the arrest of Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, suggesting that President Donald Trump&#8217;s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was simply arresting people who opposed him politically.
Khanna was responding to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debacle</a> that unfolded at Delaney Hall — a detention center being used to house criminal illegal aliens in Newark, New Jersey — when Baraka and three House Democrats joined a protest and, according to DHS, &#8220;stormed&#8221; the facility and demanded access to and oversight of the facility. They reportedly waited for the gates to open for a transport vehicle, at which point they charged through the gates and past security. Baraka was arrested at the scene, but DHS has suggested that Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson-Coleman, and Rob Menendez (D-NJ) could also be taken into custody if <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-jersey-dem-says-ice-manufactured-body-cam-footage-to-frame-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">body-cam footage</a> reveals that they broke the law.
&#8220;The Trump @JDVance Administration has just arrested a mayor in Newark and shoved Members of Congress for protesting outside of an ICE facility,&#8221; Khanna posted. &#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.&#8221;
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The Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance</a> Administration has just arrested a mayor in Newark and shoved Members of Congress for protesting outside of an ICE facility.
In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents. <a href="https://t.co/e1jZNUe3h0">https://t.co/e1jZNUe3h0</a>
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoKhanna/status/1920969522636320835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Khanna&#8217;s X feed was immediately flooded with replies from people arguing that the multiple prosecutions of President Donald Trump — on charges that he and many others agreed were politically motivated if not manufactured — were a more accurate example of a presidential administration (under then President Joe Biden) doing everything in its power to arrest and imprison a political opponent.
&#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents,&#8221; Rasmussen Reports shared the New York Post photo of Trump&#8217;s mug shot.
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&#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/RltqaqMSw9">https://t.co/RltqaqMSw9</a> <a href="https://t.co/n01r06RmYz">https://t.co/n01r06RmYz</a> <a href="https://t.co/RCopw9A15G">pic.twitter.com/RCopw9A15G</a>
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1921893802358264273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents&#8217; said ZERO Democrats when they charged Donald Trump with more felonies than fk&#8217;ing John Gotti, using fake crimes and novel legal theories. Be better, Ro,&#8221; another posted.
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&#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents&#8221; said ZERO Democrats when they charged Donald Trump with more felonies than fk&#8217;ing John Gotti, using fake crimes and novel legal theories.
Be better, Ro. <a href="https://t.co/osAnlcrAtY">https://t.co/osAnlcrAtY</a>
— Rich Baris The People&#8217;s Pundit (@Peoples_Pundit) <a href="https://twitter.com/Peoples_Pundit/status/1921900209220547045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“In America you cannot arrest your political opponents” <a href="https://t.co/Lb5EIAa8rw">https://t.co/Lb5EIAa8rw</a> <a href="https://t.co/qxdCsSMbfk">pic.twitter.com/qxdCsSMbfk</a>
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBrandonGill/status/1920970348662534391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dems 2025: “In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.”
Dems 2024: <a href="https://t.co/fjhOHCkTvW">https://t.co/fjhOHCkTvW</a> <a href="https://t.co/cJSl3uICh1">pic.twitter.com/cJSl3uICh1</a>
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1921011361091317953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.&#8221;
&#8212; Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna <a href="https://t.co/bkW3sjpkVX">https://t.co/bkW3sjpkVX</a> <a href="https://t.co/zoZ0Vulr4g">pic.twitter.com/zoZ0Vulr4g</a>
— Vince Dao (@VinceDaoTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/VinceDaoTV/status/1920983292821537263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.&#8221;
&#8230;unless your opponent is President Trump apparently. <a href="https://t.co/TsunUfYICd">https://t.co/TsunUfYICd</a>
— Rep. Tony Wied (@RepTonyWied) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTonyWied/status/1920998704057590119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Really? <a href="https://t.co/afepNSpW49">https://t.co/afepNSpW49</a> <a href="https://t.co/LwVZf3AK06">pic.twitter.com/LwVZf3AK06</a>
— John Carney (@carney) <a href="https://twitter.com/carney/status/1921000793802436618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Others pointed to Khanna&#8217;s own previous comments — namely his assertions that &#8220;no one is above the law&#8221; and &#8220;being a member of Congress doesn&#8217;t give you the right to &#8216;obstruct the rule of law.'&#8221;
&#8220;As the honorable Ro Khanna himself has said, being a member of Congress doesn&#8217;t give you the right to &#8216;obstruct the rule of law,'&#8221; Vice President JD Vance posted.
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As the honorable Ro Khanna himself has said, being a member of Congress doesn&#8217;t give you the right to &#8220;obstruct the rule of law.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/PUb9TriYvo">https://t.co/PUb9TriYvo</a> <a href="https://t.co/YEfFM9rL0X">pic.twitter.com/YEfFM9rL0X</a>
— JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1921570812785574240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I was told being a Member of Congress &#8216;doesn&#8217;t give you the right to obstruct the rule of law&#8217; &#8230; by you!&#8221; Andrew Follett added.
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I was told being a Member of Congress &#8220;doesn&#8217;t give you the right to obstruct the rule of law&#8221;&#8230;by you! <a href="https://t.co/i2k0nr1QqE">pic.twitter.com/i2k0nr1QqE</a>
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCFollett/status/1920976019101474832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Ro Khanna

California Dem Complains About New Jersey Mayor’s Arrest, Gets Buried Under Trump Mugshots

California Dem Complains About New Jersey Mayor's Arrest, Gets Buried Under Trump Mugshots

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Illegal Immigration

Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ) claimed on Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials would use &#8220;manufactured&#8221; body cam footage to make it appear as though she and her fellow protesters — which included two other House Democrats and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka — had been the instigators.
Watson-Coleman appeared on CNN on Saturday to discuss the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incident</a> that took place outside Delaney Hall — an ICE-operated detention center in Newark, New Jersey, that currently houses criminal illegal aliens. She and fellow Garden State Reps. Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver had joined Mayor Baraka and had demanded access to the facility to exercise &#8220;oversight.&#8221;
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🚨JUST NOW: These members of Congress know they are in some deep sh*t right now.
They are claiming that any additional footage from body cams will be &#8220;manufactured&#8221; to show violence.
These people need to be reigned in and held accountable for what happened yesterday. <a href="https://t.co/kRanvBxyZM">pic.twitter.com/kRanvBxyZM</a>
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&#8220;We were there for a tour,&#8221; Watson-Coleman began, giving the impression that the &#8220;tour&#8221; was planned and they were supposed to be there. She then went on to say that they eventually got &#8220;access&#8221; to the facility, leaving out the fact that she and the others had waited until the gate opened for a vehicle transporting detainees and then charged past security.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin responded in a statement, saying, &#8220;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.&#8221;
Watson-Coleman went on to claim that the ICE agents had arrested Mayor Baraka after he walked out of the facility and was on public property — but Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, said that Baraka only left the facility when he was told he would be placed under arrest, after which ICE agents followed and placed him in handcuffs.
Watson-Coleman then conceded that she and Rep. Menendez had attempted to &#8220;shield&#8221; Baraka from the agents when they came to arrest him, but said that she didn&#8217;t &#8220;know anything about anybody hitting back at those large and weaponized officers&#8221; during the ensuing scuffle.
&#8220;ICE caused this chaos,&#8221; she insisted, claiming that anyone who said the protesters were at fault was lying because President Donald Trump had given everyone in his administration &#8220;permission to lie.&#8221;
The CNN anchor noted that ICE had promised to go public with body cam footage that showed protesters getting rough with the ICE agents.
&#8220;If there&#8217;s any such body — kind of footage, it is footage that is manufactured for this purpose,&#8221; Watson-Coleman said. &#8220;Because I said it before, and I&#8217;ll say it again, they are lying.&#8221;

Bonnie Watson-Coleman

New Jersey Dem Says ICE ‘Manufactured’ Body-Cam Footage To Frame Her

Democrats

Several New Jersey Democrats claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents got “rough” with them on Friday, but body-cam footage told a very different story.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers">incident</a> unfolded outside Delaney Hall, a detention facility housing criminal illegal aliens in Newark, New Jersey, as several House Democrats (New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez) pushed past security and demanded access to and oversight of the facility.
According to reports, the protesters waited outside the gate until it was opened for a vehicle transporting detainees, at which point they rushed through the gate. Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka also participated in the breach and was arrested.
On Saturday, after the Garden State Democrats claimed that they’d been manhandled and roughed up by the ICE agents, the Justice Department released body-cam footage of the clash between protesters and officers.
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NEW: DHS has provided <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday. They say the video clearly shows <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepLaMonica</a> (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed… <a href="https://t.co/GOAKm6U80W">pic.twitter.com/GOAKm6U80W</a>
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Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin explained what was shown in the body-cam footage:
“NEW: DHS has provided @FoxNews ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday,” Melugin posted via X. “They say the video clearly shows @RepLaMonica (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed behind by @RepMenendez &amp; that it also shows Congresswoman McIver screaming in the faces of DHS agents.”
“The members of Congress claim they were assaulted and ‘roughed up’ during the incident, and deny DHS’ characterization that they ‘stormed’ the facility,” he added.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons joined “Fox &amp; Friends: Weekend” on Saturday to discuss the incident, and he praised the agents on the ground for doing their jobs despite the ongoing protests and opposition from lawmakers.
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&quot;I&#39;d like very much for someone to say thank you&quot;: Todd Lyons says ICE agents have put their lives on the line to detain public safety threats held at this New Jersey center <a href="https://t.co/tjeMBN0VWT">pic.twitter.com/tjeMBN0VWT</a>
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“I&#8217;d like very much for someone to say thank you,” Lyons said.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is also campaigning to be New Jersey’s next governor, has been protesting the ICE detention center since before it even opened. Earlier in the week, he had city officials park a bulldozer in front of the gate, blocking access to the facility.

ICE Agents Detain Suspected Undocumented Immigrants In Raids

Democrats Claim ICE Agents ‘Roughed Them Up.’ Body-Cam Footage Says Otherwise.

Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan on Saturday ripped Democrat Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for claiming he was supporting the rule of law when he trespassed at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility.
Baraka was arrested and briefly detained on Friday for &#8220;storming&#8221; the facility, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> reported. The mayor and two other Democrats reportedly rushed into the center after gates were opened to allow a bus of apparent illegal criminals into the facility.
&#8220;We ask them to obey our laws, to obey the policies, the rules here, in the city and the state of New Jersey, not to run roughshod over the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the 4th, 5th, the 14th Amendment, that everybody on this soil deserves due process,&#8221; Mayor Baraka said to the press on Friday.
&#8220;Well look, he&#8217;s not very smart,&#8221; Homan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6372630115112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a> on Fox News. &#8220;The bottom line is, that is what this facility is all about. This facility is about due process. This facility is where we put illegal aliens &#8230; this is where due process happens. We have to detain them to go through the due process of, sometimes seeing a judge,&#8221; or other processes, like sending them back to their country.
Homan went on to criticize the Democrats for rushing the facility and putting safety and security at risk for the public, illegal immigrants, and others. &#8220;You don&#8217;t make an unauthorized entry while they&#8217;re moving a bus of criminals into the facility,&#8221; he said.
The border czar said people don&#8217;t have to support ICE, but they can&#8217;t &#8220;cross that line.&#8221;
&#8220;You can&#8217;t cross that line of impediment, you can&#8217;t cross that line of knowingly harboring, concealing illegal aliens, and you certainly can&#8217;t trespass in a facility that&#8217;s contracted by the U.S. government to house criminals,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;d be like breaking into a prison, not going through the proper protocols. This creates a huge safety crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;This is about politics&#8221; for those Democrats, Homan continued. &#8220;They simply don&#8217;t want these people removed from this country. They don&#8217;t want immigration enforcement in this country.&#8221;
As highlighted by The Daily Wire, Baraka is currently campaigning to be New Jersey’s next governor and has been protesting the ICE facility since it opened.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newark Mayor Arrested After Dem Reps ‘Storm’ New Jersey ICE Facility, Charge Past Security Officers</a>

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‘He’s Not Very Smart’: Homan Responds To Newark Mayor Arrested For ‘Storming’ ICE Facility

Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday following a security breach at Delaney Hall — a federal detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, that opened on May 1 and is being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — which also included several House Democrats.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin shared details about the ongoing situation in a series of posts to X:
&#8220;BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews two Democratic members of Congress have “stormed” ICE’s Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey with a group of protesters and are currently holed up in/near a guard shack on the property. Fox is told the group waited for the gates to open to allow a bus with ICE detainees to enter the property, then they rushed in past security. DHS says they believe two of the members of Congress are @RepBonnie and @RepMenendez, and video posted online appears to confirm they are both on site at the facility.&#8221;
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Video showing them at the property: <a href="https://t.co/RLV8xUFz9E">https://t.co/RLV8xUFz9E</a>
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Melugin included video of three Garden State Democrats — Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez — at the facility, complaining that the Department of Homeland Security had allowed ICE to open the facility over the objections of Mayor Baraka.
Rep. Watson-Coleman shared her own photos from Delaney Hall, claiming that they were simply there to exercise their &#8220;oversight authority.&#8221;
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We’re at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city &amp; in violation of local ordinances.
We’ve heard stories of what it’s like in other ICE prisons. We’re exercising our oversight authority to see for ourselves.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepLaMonica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMenendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMenendez</a> <a href="https://t.co/OIJuePH2XS">pic.twitter.com/OIJuePH2XS</a>
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBonnie/status/1920909461318774937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;As congressional members, we have the power to conduct oversight. That’s what we’re here to do,&#8221; McIver echoed the same talking point.
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As congressional members, we have the power to conduct oversight. That’s what we’re here to do.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepBonnie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepBonnie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMenendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMenendez</a> <a href="https://t.co/VqfNC56xNi">pic.twitter.com/VqfNC56xNi</a>
— Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica/status/1920897700091851210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Mayor Baraka, who is currently campaigning to be New Jersey&#8217;s next governor, has been protesting the facility since it opened and was ultimately detained by ICE for trespassing on Friday. &#8220;Delaney Hall cannot lawfully open in Newark at this time,&#8221; he said when it was first announced.
Attorney Alina Habba, who is currently the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, released a statement regarding Baraka&#8217;s arrest:
<blockquote>The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.</blockquote>
&#8220;It was an act of intimidation not just to the mayor, not just to us, but to everyone who is watching. They feel no weight of the law. They feel no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today,&#8221; Menendez said after ICE detained Baraka.
Earlier in the week, the city of Newark attempted to stall operations at the facility by parking a bulldozer in front of the entrance and blocking access to the gate.
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ICE says earlier this week, the city of Newark placed a bulldozer at the entrance of the facility in an effort to block access.
Photo provided to FOX via ICE. <a href="https://t.co/9Q4nzAKrZz">pic.twitter.com/9Q4nzAKrZz</a>
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DHS responded to the incident with a statement posted to X: &#8220;Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the proper permitting is false.&#8221;
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Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the…
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Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin also told Fox News host Will Cain, &#8220;A civilian, if they try to break into a detention facility, they will be physically restrained. Members of Congress also have to follow the law.&#8221;
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&#8220;A civilian, if they try to break into a detention facility, they will be physically restrained. Members of Congress also have to follow the law.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/jqCBGRgsAY">pic.twitter.com/jqCBGRgsAY</a>
— The Will Cain Show (@WillCainShow_) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillCainShow_/status/1920947386634949095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Newark Mayor Arrested After Dem Reps ‘Storm’ New Jersey ICE Facility, Charge Past Security Officers

Newark Mayor Arrested After Dem Reps 'Storm' New Jersey ICE Facility, Charge Past Security Officers

A 19-year-old man was arrested on arson charges for the massive fire that burned thousands of acres in New Jersey earlier this week, law enforcement announced Thursday.
The Ocean County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office charged Joseph Kling on Wednesday with aggravated arson with the purpose of destroying the forest and arson over the blaze that has burned around 15,000 acres in Ocean County. The fire prompted thousands of evacuations and led to a state of emergency being declared.
Kling was determined by law enforcement to be the &#8220;individual responsible for setting wooden pallets on fire &#8211; and then leaving the area without the fire being fully extinguished,&#8221; Ocean County prosecutors said. Kling, from Watertown, is currently behind bars at the Ocean County Jail. The county has <a href="https://coroms.co.ocean.nj.us:8087/IML" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> no information about when Kling will appear in court. 
Investigators determined that the fire was incendiary, likely from an improperly extinguished bonfire, and used GPS to determine its origin. 
The fire prompted around 5,000 people to evacuate from the area, though the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Thursday that the evacuation orders for Lacey and Ocean Townships had been lifted. The forest service also announced that the blaze had been 50% contained. 
On Wednesday, Lacey Township Mayor Peter Curatolo <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nj-wildfire-ocean-county-barnegat-lacey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the fire may &#8220;very well end up being the largest wildfire in New Jersey in 20 years.&#8221;
There have been no reported deaths or loss of homes from the fire, though at least one commercial building was destroyed alongside multiple vehicles and outbuildings.
The investigation involved Ocean County&#8217;s Major Crime Unit-Arson Squad, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, and the New Jersey State Fire Marshal’s Office.
&#8220;Thanks to the incredible, heroic work of the good men and women of our New Jersey Forest Fire Service, folks&#8217; homes and lives have been saved, and we&#8217;ve truly averted a major disaster,&#8221; New Jersey Forest Fire Service Commissioner Shawn LaTourette<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nj-wildfire-ocean-county-barnegat-lacey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> </a>said Wednesday. &#8220;This wildfire is not under full and complete control, we still have a lot of work to do to achieve complete containment of the wildfire. But there were 1,300 homes that were threatened during the course of fighting this fire.&#8221;

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New Jersey officials ordered thousands of residents to evacuate on Tuesday after a fire erupted and spread out of control in Ocean County.
The Jones Road Forest Fire had consumed 3,200 acres and was just 5% contained by 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday evening. The fire forced 3,000 nearby residents to evacuate. Roughly 23,000 JCP&amp;L customers have lost power, according to <a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2025/04/massive-nj-wildfire-rages-out-of-control-3000-residents-evacuated.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NJ.com</a>.
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WILDFIRE UPDATE: Jones Road Wildfire &#8211; Ocean &amp; Lacey Townships, Ocean County
New Jersey Forest Fire Service remains on scene of a wildfire burning in Ocean &amp; Lacey Townships, Ocean County.
SIZE &amp; CONTAINMENT 🔥 3,200 acres 🔥 5% contained <a href="https://t.co/nxdzQNQ5Ot">pic.twitter.com/nxdzQNQ5Ot</a>
&mdash; New Jersey Forest Fire Service (@njdepforestfire) <a href="https://twitter.com/njdepforestfire/status/1914834324563890401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The fire shut down multiple roads and has threatened over 1,300 structures. Local and state resources including “Forest Fire Service fire engines, bulldozers and ground crews” and “[n]umerous local fire, rescue, county and state cooperators” have been dispatched to fight the fire, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
“[An] average of 1,500 wildfires damage or destroy 7,000 acres of New Jersey&#8217;s forests each year,” the New Jersey Forest Fire Service <a href="https://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> says. Over half of New Jersey under a “high” fire risk, the site says.
Videos of the inferno have surfaced online, showing a massive blaze burning through New Jersey forest.
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A massive wildfire is burning in Ocean County, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Some homes in Barnegat Township have been ordered to evacuate. <a href="https://t.co/dNfmfAEpnp">https://t.co/dNfmfAEpnp</a> <a href="https://t.co/lHsnotMa7i">pic.twitter.com/lHsnotMa7i</a>
&mdash; CBS Philadelphia (@CBSPhiladelphia) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSPhiladelphia/status/1914809019035689048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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An eyewitness <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1882868009218571&amp;rdid=XkZbAC2sGE21nXvY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> posted to Facebook shows flames towering over and surrounding nearby buildings as emergency workers and others move. NJ.com identified the setting as an “industrial complex in Lacey Township.”
Swaths of New Jersey are under moderate and severe drought conditions, according to the <a href="https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?fips_34029" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Drought Monitor</a>. Ocean County is largely under dry conditions that swing toward a moderate drought at the southern end of the county.
Winds have gusted at up to 25 miles-per-hour, contributing to the spread of the blaze, according to NJ.com.

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