House Democrats clash with police, Newark mayor arrested at ICE facility

The mayor of Newark was arrested Friday outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility where law enforcement scuffled with a group of protesters that included three House Democrats.Why it matters: The Department of Homeland Security is alleging the lawmakers "stormed" the facility, a characterization the lawmakers' offices are disputing.Footage of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's arrest obtained by Axios shows a clash between law enforcement and a group of demonstrators including Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) and LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.).The lawmakers said they were attempting to investigate ICE's controversial reopening of the Delany Hall facility to house detained migrants.The other side: "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," said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin."These members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at risk," McLaughlin said."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. This is an evolving situation."The other side: Spokespeople for Watson Coleman and McIver pushed back on McLaughlin's claim that the lawmakers "stormed" the facility."I don't think that's a fair characterization. They're here doing their jobs," said Hanna Rumsey, a spokesperson for McIver, who declined to go into further detail on how the lawmakers gained access to the facility.Watson Coleman's office told Axios they "arrived at Delaney Hall today at about 1PM to exercise their oversight authority as prescribed by law. After a period of explaining the law to the officials at the site they were escorted in."The claim that they stormed the facility, the spokesperson said, is "factually inaccurate."Zoom out: The incident comes as Democrats are trying to stage acts of fierce resistance to the Trump administration — particularly its hardline immigration policies.Several lawmakers have flown to El Salvador in recent weeks to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an erroneously deported Maryland man whose return has been ordered by the Supreme Court.

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