Acting ICE Chief to Newsmax: Dem N.J. Mayors Not Protecting Their Citizens
By Michael Katz | Monday, 26 May 2025 09:23 PM EDT
Todd Lyons, acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told Newsmax on Monday that it's "absolutely crazy" that Democrat mayors of New Jersey sanctuary cities claim they are upholding the Constitution by impeding the administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit May 22 against four New Jersey cities — Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson — accusing them of perpetrating a "frontal assault on the federal immigration laws and the federal authorities that administer them."
Newark Democrat Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested May 9 for trespassing during a protest at ICE's Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark — the DOJ dropped the charges — called the lawsuit "absurd," adding "we're not blocking safety, we are upholding the Constitution. Our policies reduce fear, increase trust, and have helped cut homicides by 61%. That's not a threat to public safety, that's what public safety looks like.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/todd-lyons-newsmax-ice/2025/05/26/id/1212422/
