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A DHS spokesperson told CNN the lawmakers could be arrested, saying the department has “body camera footage of some of these members of Congress assaulting our ICE enforcement officers, including body slamming a female ICE officer.
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.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said Friday on Fox News that Democrats “stormed” the gates
Tricia McLaughlin accused members of Congress of assaulting and even body-slamming ICE officers. A congresswoman who was present denied the allegation.
McLaughlin said the department has body camera footage showing lawmakers "assaulting" ICE officers, including allegedly "body ... and LaMonica McIver, all Democrats from New Jersey. The lawmakers were protesting the reopening of Delaney Hall to hold ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka returned to the gates of an ICE detention center days after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at the same facility.
The Trump administration warned three Democratic lawmakers Saturday that arrests are “on the table” after they participated in a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, where the city’s Mayor Ras Baraka was collared.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, addressed the incident in a CNN appearance on Saturday.