Newark, nj – The mayor of Newark, in New Jersey, said that federal immigration agents “made a descent Thursday in a local establishment”.
Mayor Ras Baraka said in a statement that immigration and customs’ application agents had arrested several people, including American citizens, an American military veteran and undocumented individuals. According to Baraka, the agents did not produce a mandate.
“Today, American immigration and customs’ application agents (ICE) have come down to a local establishment in Newark city, holding undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing mandate . One of the detainees is an American military veteran who has undergone the unworthiness of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned: “Baraka said in a press release. “This blatant act is in clear violation of the fourth amendment of the American Constitution, which guarantees that” the right of the people is secured in their people, houses, papers and effects, against searches and unreasonable seizures….
“Newark will not be dotted while people are illegally terrorized,” continued his statement. “I will hold a press conference in alliance with ready -made partners and willing to defend and protect civil and human rights. Details to come.”
Newark is considered a so-called “sanctuary city”.
A spokesman for Ice told CBS New York in a statement on Thursday evening that he had led an “targeted application operation on a site today in Newark, New Jersey”.
“American immigration and customs application can meet American citizens while carrying out work on the ground and can request the identification of establishing the identity of an individual as was the case during an operation Application targeted on a site today in Newark, New Jersey, “said the press release. “This is an active investigation and, according to ice policy, we cannot discuss the current surveys.”
The owner of Ocean Seafood Depot, located in the streets Adams and Delancey, told CBS New York that around a dozen ice agents have come unexpectedly around 11 am, asking to see the documentation of its employees.
“They did not have a court order or, I mean, I did not even ask,” he said.
The owner said his manager had tried to show his veteran’s card, but the agents had not accepted him.
“Some guys could not show their identification,” said the owner. “Twenty-six in business, I have never seen anything like it.”
The owner said three people had been placed in police custody. The surveillance video has shown what seems to be federal immigration agents who put a man in police custody outside the fish market.
When asked if the operation would dissuade his other employees from coming to work on Friday, he replied: “Yes, exactly. This is the question. This does not really help my business, obviously or any business.”
In a joint statement Thursday evening, Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, from New Jersey, said They were “deeply concerned about the news of an ice raid in Newark today”.
They said their offices had contacted the Ministry of Homeland Security.
“Actions like this are betrayed in all our communities – and our broken immigration system requires solutions, not tactics of fear,” the press release said.
Since his entry into office, President Trump had signed A multitude of decrees and its administration promulgated Politicians designed to target illegal immigration. They include efforts to end Citizenship of the right of birthsuspend the nation asylum system And Deployment of troops on the border.
The ice says it has made 538 arrests so farAnd representative Nicole Malliotakis says that they include arrests in New York of a member of a MS-13 gang, a sex offender and a drunk driver.
