The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Saturday that Democratic lawmakers involved in a confrontation at a federal immigration facility in New Jersey could face arrest, citing body camera footage that allegedly shows them physically assaulting federal agents.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN in a May 10 interview that the department was reviewing evidence that included video of elected officials attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during Friday’s incident outside Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark—raising the prospect of federal charges against the lawmakers.
“We actually have body camera footage of some of these members of Congress assaulting our ICE enforcement officers, including body slamming a female ICE officer,” McLaughlin told CNN’s Victor Blackwell. “We will be showing that to viewers very shortly.”…