US agents raid New Jersey worksite as Trump escalates immigration crackdown

WASHINGTON — 

U.S. migration agents rounded up undocumented migrants arsenic good arsenic American citizens successful a raid of a Newark, New Jersey, worksite connected Thursday that the city's politician said progressive detaining a subject seasoned and violations of the people's rights.

The raid successful New Jersey's astir populous city, hailed successful the past by Mayor Ras Baraka for its "sanctuary" policies protecting migrants, follows President Donald Trump's pledge to deport millions of immigrants who are successful the U.S. illegally.

Trump issued a raft of enforcement orders aft taking bureau connected Monday that purpose to clamp down connected amerciable immigration. He has taken steps to punish officials who defy enforcement of his sweeping crackdown.

In a raid of a concern constitution successful Newark, extracurricular New York City, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents failed to nutrient a warrant arsenic they detained "undocumented residents arsenic good arsenic citizens," Baraka said successful a statement.

"One of the detainees is simply a U.S. subject seasoned who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his subject documentation questioned," Baraka said.

In a statement, an ICE spokesperson said that agents "may brushwood U.S. citizens portion conducting tract enactment and whitethorn petition recognition to found an individual’s individuality arsenic was the lawsuit during a targeted enforcement cognition astatine a worksite contiguous successful Newark."

The spokesperson said that ICE was investigating the incident.

Baraka said the raid had violated the citizens' rights nether the U.S. Constitution.

"Newark volition not basal by idly portion radical are being unlawfully terrorized," helium said.

Neither Baraka nor ICE identified the concern raided by name.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said connected X that the Trump medication arrested 538 radical Thursday, describing each of them arsenic "illegal migrant criminals." She said they included members of a Venezuelan situation pack and radical convicted of enactment crimes.

Leavitt did not supply much details.

A scope of studies by academics and deliberation tanks person shown that immigrants bash not perpetrate transgression astatine a higher complaint than native-born Americans. Other studies find that immigrants successful the U.S. illegally besides bash not perpetrate crimes astatine a higher rate.

Sanctuary cities

Baraka, the Newark mayor, is 1 of the archetypal section officials successful the U.S. to contented a connection connected a circumstantial raid pursuing the commencement of Trump's migration crackdown.

In 2017, helium signed an enforcement bid cementing Newark's sanctuary presumption and was a vocal hostile of Trump's migration policies during the president's archetypal term.

Of the estimated 11 cardinal immigrants successful the U.S. illegally oregon with impermanent presumption successful 2022, astir 44% lived successful states with "sanctuary" laws that bounds practice with national migration authorities.

That fig does not see those successful sanctuary cities and counties successful places without a statewide law, specified arsenic New Mexico.

U.S. media outlets reported that national instrumentality enforcement and ICE agents had arrested astir 500 undocumented migrants wanted for outstanding crimes successful sanctuary cities, including immoderate from New York and New Jersey. The reports cited ICE officials who said the arrests took spot Tuesday and Wednesday.