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It doesn't matter if you're a citizen who served our country in uniform, you too can be stopped without a warning or a warrant and shaken down for your papers … There is nobody in this country who should be subjected to a warrantless search. No federal agent has the authority to stop and harass any passerby without cause."
New Jersey Democratic Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, on the raid in Newark, said on X
Indigenous people in the southwest should absolutely be on their guard. There are many mixed-race brown people there who are Indigenous and tribal citizens. I get the sense that ICE is engaged in a massively overbroad initiative right now on purpose, a shock and awe policy, that will sweep in many American citizens."
Fletcher told NewsweekNIJC and allies across the country will be fighting back. We will continue to work to extend access to legal counsel to as many people as possible, defend rule of law and due process by challenging illegal policies in federal court and defending law that holds the federal government accountable, and never lose sight that our communities are stronger when we welcome immigrants and ensure access to justice for all."
NIJC executive director Mary Meg McCarthy said in a statement on MondayMy office is looking into this matter and will provide updates as they come,
he said in the postThis type of sterile language suggests there was deep intel … there wasn’t supposed to be collateral damage,
Torres said
I feel like we have to be a country of law, but we have to go after bad people, not working people,
business owner Luis Janota told local news network ABC7Warrantless searches, jackbooted thugs, veterans detained,
she saidHow do you determine who is undocumented and who is a criminal just by looking at them?”
he said
One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned,
he added
This egregious act is in plain 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,’
he saidA couple of the guys couldn’t show their identification,
the owner saidWe are deeply concerned about the news of an ICE raid in Newark today. Our offices have reached out to the Department of Homeland Security to demand answers,
the senators said in a joint statement
This is step one but to hear the judge from the bench say that in his 40 years as a judge he has never seen something so blatantly unconstitutional, sets the tone for the seriousness of this effort.”
Polozola told reporters outside the court
I have seen your face before. I saw it on medical evacuation flights when I tried to prolong your life until the moment you would be reunited with your mother. I saw it in the waters off the coast of Libya, on a refugee rescue boat, quivering from hypothermia, with no parent there to soothe you.”
She writes in this moving piece about the child she saved once, but who days later died on her operating table after an Israeli airstrikeActions like this one sow fear in all of our communities, and our broken immigration system requires solutions, not fear tactics,
they said in a joint statement
Enforcement update ... 538 arrests, 373 detainers lodged."
An ICE post on X saidI've been on the bench for over four decades, I can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is,
said Coughenour, who was appointed by a Republican president, Ronald ReaganThis is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour was reported as saying during the hearing in Washington stateThe largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway. Promises made. Promises kept,
she saidU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may encounter U.S. citizens while conducting field work and may request identification to establish an individual's identity as was the case during a targeted enforcement operation at a worksite today in Newark, New Jersey. This is an active investigation and, per ICE policy, we cannot discuss ongoing investigations."
An ICE spokesperson previously told Newsweek