A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said Saturday that members of Congress physically assaulted a female ICE agent during a confrontation at the Delaney Hall detention facility. Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, appeared on CNN to address the altercation between New Jersey Democrats and ICE agents that occurred Friday at the Newark facility. According to DHS, Democratic members of Congress, along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, forcefully entered the ICE facility during what was described as an unauthorized attempt to confront federal authorities.
Democrat Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bob Menendez, and Bonnie Watson Coleman were all fighting for the release of dangerous criminal illegal aliens, like other members of their party have been doing now for months, since President Donald Trump ordered the mass deportation operation he promised during his campaign to begin. It should be noted the vast majority of Americans, including Democrats, are in support of his deportation plans.
Baraka was arrested and charged with federal trespass on Friday, however, more arrests are imminent, the DHS confirmed on Saturday. “There will likely be more arrests coming. We have bodycam footage of some of these members of Congress assaulting our ICE enforcement officers, including bodyslamming a female ICE officer. We will be showing that to viewers very shortly,” Tricia McLaughlin told CNN, no doubt after first consulting with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “If you have that video, are you suggesting members of Congress will be arrested?” CNN asked the DHS spokesperson. “That is definitely on the table,” McLaughlin responded.
Earlier Saturday, ICE bodycam footage showed McIver verbally abusing and physically assaulting federal agents at a detention facility in Newark. McIver (woman in the red jacket) physically attacked ICE agents at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday. “I touch whoever I want motherf*cker!” McIver shouted at one point before eventually threatening to get back at ICE agents.