DHS Says House Democrats and Protesters ‘Stormed’ ICE Detention Center

The crowd broke into a New Jersey immigration facility, said the Department of Homeland Security. The Democrats said they were exercising oversight authority.
DHS Says House Democrats and Protesters ‘Stormed’ ICE Detention Center
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) speaks with an officer demanding she be let into an ICE detention facility in Newark, N.J., on May 9, 2025. Angelina Katsanis/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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A confrontation erupted Friday at a New Jersey detention center after three Democratic members of Congress and a group of protesters entered the federal immigration facility without authorization, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing the lawmakers of storming the gate and endangering public safety.

In a May 9 statement, DHS officials alleged that two Democratic members of Congress—Reps. Robert Menendez Jr. (D-N.J.) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)—joined a group of activists in breaching the outer security gate of the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey. Watson Coleman later released a statement saying a third lawmaker was also present.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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