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Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 12:51:56 -0400
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Three House Democrats � all from New Jersey � and the Mayor of Newark 
descended on Delaney Hall on Friday, demanding access to and oversight of the 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center that is being used 
to house criminal illegal aliens. What followed was a �they said � they said� 
scenario involving the Department of Homeland Security and the Democrats � 
and some of it played out on the Sunday morning political talk shows.

For those who don�t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television � and 
their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week�s worth of network 
and cable news media spin � The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of 
what you may have missed.

The protest that took place on Friday � according to Newark�s Democratic 
Mayor Ras Baraka and Garden State Democratic Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie 
Watson-Coleman, and Rob Menendez � was simply several members of Congress 
exercising their oversight authority. Watson-Coleman told CNN on Saturday 
that the group was simply waiting for �a tour� of the facility, the obvious 
implication being that the tour had been prearranged.

Mayor Baraka, who is currently campaigning to be New Jersey�s next governor, 
has been protesting Delaney Hall�s existence since the beginning. During the 
week prior to the protest, city workers parked a bulldozer in front of the 
gate in order to block access to the facility. Baraka was arrested during the 
protest and detained by ICE agents.

The Department of Homeland Security offered an entirely different take on the 
incident: initial reports stated that the New Jersey Democrats had been part 
of a protest group that waited outside the gates until they were opened for a 
vehicle transporting detainees � at which point they rushed past security and 
onto the property. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a 
statement that if they had requested a tour rather than simply staging a 
protest outside the gate, one would have been arranged.

On CBS News� �Face the Nation,� Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) addressed reports 
that ICE could potentially arrest the three Democratic representatives who 
had been involved in the protests as well.

	After ICE threatened to arrest three Democratic members of Congress 
	following a protest in Newark, New Jersey, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) 
	says any such arrests would �be a very drastic move.�

	�I would only do that if they were complicit with a crime,� he says. 
	pic.twitter.com/N1Qa6fOGHJ

	� Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 11, 2025

McCaul said that ICE arresting the members of Congress would be a �very 
drastic move,� adding, �I would only do that if they were complicit with a 
crime.�

�I don�t know all the facts behind this,� he continued. �If they were just 
visiting a detention center, that�s � I�ve done that many times. If they were 
disrupting law enforcement, that�s another question. We can peacefully 
protest in this country, but you cannot be complicit with gang violence 
against our law enforcement, and I think perhaps that�s what it comes down 
to.�

Anchor Dana Bash also brought up the incident during Sunday�s broadcast of 
�State of the Union� � and she brought in the three New Jersey Democrats to 
weigh in on what had happened.

	.@RepBonnie on clash with ICE outside Newark detention facility: 
	�Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE 
	who were with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the 
	facility, go to the private property and lock the mayor of the 
	largest city in the� pic.twitter.com/EEqEYmukMp

	� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 11, 2025

�Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE who were 
with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the facility, go to the 
private property, and lock the mayor of the largest city in the state of New 
Jersey up. That�s absurd. That�s un-American. That�s scary. That�s 
determination to intimidate people in this country,� Rep. Watson-Coleman 
said.

During a previous CNN interview on Saturday, Watson-Coleman had claimed that 
DHS officials were �lying� when they accused the Democrats and protesters of 
getting rough with ICE agents, and said that any body cam footage that showed 
such actions would have to be �manufactured.

	Responding to DHS accusing her of �body slamming� an ICE officer, 
	@RepLaMonica tells @DanaBashCNN, �I honestly do not know how to body 
	slam anyone. There�s no video that supports me body slamming 
	anyone.�@RepMenendez says, �There were a lot of opportunities for 
	DHS, for ICE to� pic.twitter.com/Fhfpq06jHq

	� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 11, 2025

Rep. McIver responded to DHS reports that she had �body-slammed� an ICE agent 
during the scuffle, saying, �I honestly do not know how to body slam anyone. 
There�s no video that supports me body slamming anyone.�

Menendez then claimed that ICE agents had intentionally escalated the 
situation, adding, �There were a lot of opportunities for DHS, for ICE to 
de-escalate the situation. They chose not to� It�s something that should 
really shock all Americans.�

Later on in the broadcast, Bash brought in a panel to discuss the situation � 
and the possibility that the three Democratic Reps. could face arrest.

	.@RepSuhas on DHS threatening to arrest members of Congress: �If 
	I�m going to be put behind bars for trying to stand up for the 
	constitutional rights of my constituents, for standing up for civil 
	liberties, bring it on.�@KSoltisAnderson, @BradOnMessage and 
	@XochitlHinojosa join� pic.twitter.com/IhnQI47pJe

	� State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 11, 2025