USUS News

Democrats and Republicans Clash Over New Jersey Rep Facing Charges After Scuffle Outside ICE Facility

House Republicans claim the lawmaker who participated in a protest at the facility engaged in ‘obstruction,’ not oversight.
Save
Democrats and Republicans Clash Over New Jersey Rep Facing Charges After Scuffle Outside ICE Facility
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside the Delany Hall ICE Facility, in Newark, N.J., on May 7, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Updated:
0:00

Democrats and Republicans clashed during a House hearing over charges faced by a Democratic congresswoman over a scuffle outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey this month.

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing titled Examining Threats to ICE Operations on May 20 that focused on events at the Delany Hall ICE Facility in Newark.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.