Dem lawmakers defend ‘storming’ of ICE facility, say Trump admin is ‘lying at all levels’
Story by Anders Hagstrom • 16h
A trio of Democratic lawmakers say they were justified in "storming" an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, last week, arguing that President Donald Trump's administration is "weaponizing law enforcement."
Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, all Democrats from New Jersey, made the comments during a joint appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.
"Chaos ensued when someone on the phone above the leaders of ICE who were with us at that facility instructed them to go out of the facility, go to the private property and lock the mayor of the largest city in the state of New Jersey up," Coleman said.
"That's absurd. That's un-American. That's scary. That's determination to intimidate people in this country," she added, claiming the administration is "lying at all levels.
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