NEWARK, N.J. – Today, ICE was conducting an investigation in Newark. ICE pursued a suspect in a van, and the ensuing chase resulted in a car crash involving several vehicles and multiple impacted individuals. In one of the cars involved in the crash were two 15-year-olds and a 12-year-old.
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) made the following statement:
“ICE is hurting people in our communities. It is happening over and over again. What happened in Newark today is not an isolated event—it is a part of a steady drumbeat of harm ICE is doing right here in New Jersey and around this country. This is scary, and things don’t have to be like this, but because ICE continues to act recklessly, lawlessly, and without accountability, no one is safe.”
McIver, who sits on the House Committee on Homeland Security, has worked with colleagues to demand answers from DHS officials. She has repeatedly called for an end to ICE’s operations in New Jersey, called for the agency to be abolished, and demanded oversight and accountability.
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