Newark Mayor Ras Baraka condemns warrantless ICE raid on city store

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka condemned a warrantless ICE migration raid astatine a section business, resulting in the detainment of some undocumented residents and citizens, among them a subject veteran.

About a twelve ICE agents burst into Ocean Seafood Depot, located successful the city’s Ironbound conception connected Adams and Delancey streets, astir 11 a.m. connected Thursday. The store’s owner, Luis Janota, said helium was caught wholly disconnected defender by the agents, who past began asking workers to supply their documentation, though they did not look to beryllium looking for anyone successful particular.

“They took 3 radical who did not person immoderate documentation connected them,” Janota told PIX 11, including the store manager, who was detained contempt showing agents his veteran’s card.

In a statement, ICE Newark aboriginal confirmed it conducted a “targeted enforcement cognition astatine a worksite contiguous successful Newark, New Jersey,” further emphasizing that agents “may brushwood U.S. citizens portion conducting tract enactment and whitethorn petition recognition to found an individual’s identity,” arsenic they did successful this instance.

“This is an active investigation and, per ICE policy, we cannot sermon ongoing investigations,” the connection concluded.

Baraka blasted the astonishment raid successful a connection issued precocious Thursday night, insisting it was carried retired without a warrant.

The Ocean Seafood Depot wherever respective workers were arrested connected Thursday, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, successful Newark New Jersey. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

“Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided a section constitution successful the City of Newark, detaining undocumented residents arsenic good arsenic citizens, without producing a warrant. One of the detainees is simply a U.S. subject seasoned who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his subject documentation questioned,” the politician said. “This egregious enactment is successful plain usurpation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the close of the radical beryllium unafraid successful their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures….'”

He concluded: “Newark volition not basal by idly portion radical are being unlawfully terrorized.”

Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim, of New Jersey, echoed the sentiment, declaring successful a associated connection that they were “deeply concerned astir the quality of an ICE raid successful Newark today.”

They said their offices person reached retired to the Department of Homeland Security.

“Actions similar this 1 sow fearfulness successful each of our communities — and our breached migration strategy requires solutions, not fearfulness tactics,” the senators said.

The incidental successful Newark came aft the Defense Department announced it would nonstop 1,500 soldiers to the confederate border, launching plans outlined successful enforcement orders signed by President Trump aimed astatine cracking down connected immigration. They besides see efforts to end birthright citizenship, suspend the nation’s asylum strategy and deploy troops to the border.