Immigration agents "raided" a business in Newark on Thursday, according to the city's mayor.

Summary

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka criticized ICE agents for “raiding” a local business without a warrant, detaining several individuals, including U.S. citizens, a military veteran, and undocumented immigrants.

Baraka called the actions a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unlawful searches and seizures, and vowed Newark would not tolerate such behavior.

ICE confirmed the operation was part of an active investigation, claiming they may request IDs to verify identities during fieldwork.

  • 5in1k@lemm.ee
    8·
    3 hours ago

    Seriously they’re going with the where are your papers shtick. I am definitely going to get arrested by the end of this.

  • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
    93·
    9 hours ago

    The statement continued “Newark will not stand by idly while people are unlawfully terrorized.”

    Unless this means that the mayor and police chief agree to deploy Newark Police to physically stop and detain ICE agents, knowing damn well that a confrontation could end in a bloodbath, that is exactly what they will do.

    People need to get it through their heads that we are entering a period of federal lawlessness. They’re hoping you only have the balls to challenge them in court where they can tie things up for months or years while they do whatever they want and consolidate even more power, setting progressively darker precedents.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    104·
    10 hours ago

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka criticized ICE agents for “raiding” a local business without a warrant, detaining several individuals, including U.S. citizens, a military veteran, and undocumented immigrants.

    Hey, look, that’s illegal.

    • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
      59·
      10 hours ago

      Just gonna grab everyone and figure it out later. How many days until an innocent citizen gets caught (or targeted) in a blaze of gunfire and loses their life? Will these ICE agents face any scrutiny? Or is ICE just another word for the SS?

      But I guess we are all too busy on TikTok to even notice.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    49·
    9 hours ago

    I wonder what their basis for detaining people is…

    They detained U.S. citizens and a military vet. Were they just detaining people because they looked like immigrants? Are they literally just detaining brown people?

    I made a comment about a week ago on a post when they first said they were gonna do this asking how long it’ll take for it to go from detaining immigrants to just brown people. Guess we didn’t have to wait long, Jesus fucking Christ.