GOP Rep Calls ICE Threat to Arrest Democrat Reps 'Very Drastic': 'We Can Peacefully Protest In This Country'
Source: MEDIAite
May 11th, 2025, 4:48 pm
Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul said Sunday the possibility that some House Democrats could face arrest for their actions outside a New Jersey ICE facility is “obviously” a “very drastic” step in the situation. The Mayor of Newark was already arrested in connection with the protest, sparking outrage among other Democrats.
House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. McCaul joined CBS News senior political correspondent and host Ed O’Keefe for Sunday’s edition of Face the Nation, and talked mostly about President Donald Trump on the topics of Israel, Ukraine, and foreign affairs. But on the subject of the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, McCaul seemed cautious.
The Department of Homeland Security and Trump border czar Tom Homan have already indicated there could be arrests coming of several House Democrats — NJ Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Robert Menendez Jr — in relation to the protest at a New Jersey ICE detention center based on bodycam footage from the scene they say shows the Reps. “assaulting” ICE officers. “You can’t cross that line,” said Homan on Saturday. McCaul expressed somewhat the same view in his Sunday interview, but with the implicit caveats that he isn’t sure whether they actually did cross it.
“I’m just curious, should ICE be arresting or even threatening to arrest members of Congress?” O’Keefe asked. “I mean, that’s obviously a very drastic move. I would only do that if they were complicit with a crime,” he said. “I don’t know all the facts behind this. If they were just visiting a detention center, that’s — I’ve done that many times. If they’re disrupting law enforcement, that’s another question.”
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