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Newark Mayor: ICE Raided Business Without a Warrant, Detained U.S. Citizens

January 24, 2025 (1 min read)

Steve Strunsky, NJ.com, Jan. 24, 2025

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carried out a raid on a Newark business Thursday, detaining non-citizens and citizens alike, the city’s mayor and the agency confirmed. ... Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka issued a statement late Thursday afternoon denouncing the raid as an “egregious act” conducted without a warrant and in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees “the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” “One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned,” added Baraka, a Democrat seeking his party’s nomination for governor this year. “Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.” An ICE spokesperson later issued a statement confirming that the raid had occurred and acknowledging that U.S. citizens may have been detained."