An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation on Thursday, Jan. 23, at a business in Newark, New Jersey, sparked criticism from the city’s leaders. It comes as the Trump administration looks to launch some of its first major operations to find and deport undocumented immigrants in the country illegally.
Newark’s Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka, also a candidate running for governor, accused ICE of detaining citizens, as well as a US military veteran, while conducting what he described as a raid.
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“Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant,” Baraka said in a statement Thursday. “One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
He later added that “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.”
An ICE spokesperson gave Straight Arrow News a statement suggesting some nuance. They said “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may encounter U.S. citizens while conducting field work and may request identification to establish an individual’s identity as was the case during a targeted enforcement operation at a worksite today in Newark, New Jersey.”
As it’s an active investigation, the agency couldn’t comment further.
ICE is a key player in completing President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. In the 12 months ending last September, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported nearly three million “inadmissible encounters.” Trump has said he will prioritize deporting migrants who have committed crimes.
According to the agency’s numbers, ICE arrested 538 people Thursday and lodged 373 detainers, the requests ICE makes to local law enforcement to allow them to detain people they have arrested.
Mayor Baraka did not specify the business where the raid occurred or how many people ICE may have detained. However, he said he would hold a future press conference to address the incident.
Tags: Deportation, Donald Trump, Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, New Jersey
LAUREN TAYLOR: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation Thursday on a business in Newark, New Jersey, sparked criticism from the city’s leaders.
It comes as the Trump administration looks to launch some of its first major operations to find and deport undocumented immigrants in the country illegally.
Newark’s Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka, also a candidate running for governor, accused ICE of detaining citizens, as well as a US military veteran, while conducting what he described as a raid.
“Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a local establishment in the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant,” Baraka said in a statement Thursday. “One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”
He later added that, quote, “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.”
An ICE spokesperson gave Straight Arrow News a statement suggesting some nuance. They said “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may encounter U.S. citizens while conducting field work and may request identification to establish an individual’s identity as was the case during a targeted enforcement operation at a worksite today in Newark, New Jersey.”
As it’s an active investigation, the agency couldn’t comment further.
ICE is a key player in completing President Donald Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. In the 12 months ending last September, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported nearly three million “inadmissible encounters.” Trump has said he will prioritize deporting migrants who have committed crimes.
According to the agency’s numbers, ICE arrested 538 people Thursday and lodged 373 detainers, the requests ICE makes to local law enforcement to allow them to detain people they have arrested.
Mayor Baraka did not specify the business where the raid occurred or how many people ICE may have detained but said he would be holding a future press conference to address the incident.
For Straight Arrow News, I’m Lauren Taylor.
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