DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says NJ Dems involved in Newark ICE center fracas should be censured: This was committing felonies

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called for the congressional lawmakers involved in a heated confrontation with law enforcement outside a Newark immigration detention center to be censured.“What happened last Friday was we had members of Congress assaulting law enforcement officers,” Noem said TUESDAY of the chaotic scene that unfolded last week outside the Delaney Hall Detention Center, during an interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They were cooperating with criminals to create criminal acts,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief charged, adding, “This wasn’t oversight.This was committing felonies.

This was going out and attacking people who stand up for the rule of law.And it was absolutely horrible.” Democratic North Jersey Reps.

Robert Menendez Jr., LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman “illegally” stormed the private facility that contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold migrants slated for deportation, according to the Trump administration. The scrum at the gates to the Newark detention center — which Noem claims houses “rapists,” “murderers,” and members of “foreign terrorist organizations” — resulted in the arrest of Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing on the facility. “I just don’t understand what their point is,” Noem said of the lawmakers involved.“They have completely lost their minds.” The DHS secretary stopped short of demanding that New Jersey Democrats face criminal charges, noting that it will be “up to the Department of Justice” to determine if more arrests are necessary. Noem, however, called for the Democratic trio to be formally rebuked by the House of Representatives and stripped of their committee assignments. “It’s astounding to me that someone would even vote for someone to put them in a place of leadership when they perpetuate something as hypocritical and as criminal as what these individuals did,”...