House Republican Rep. Buddy Carter is introducing a bill to have the three Democrats who "stormed" a Newark, New Jersey, ICE facility stripped of committee assignments.

Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility,”

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference Thursday following his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last week. The procedural hearing lasted about 30 minutes and was mostly rooted in the initial discovery.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agency on Wednesday recognized the right of members of Congress to visit detention facilities, even unannounced, while the department's secretary said members of Congress should have requested a tour of an immigration detention facility in New Jersey where a skirmish broke out last week.

They don’t deserve to be in the House,” Noem said of the New Jersey lawmakers involved in the incident. “They should be censured by it.”

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) condemned the recent “interference and grandstanding” displayed by some Democratic lawmakers, arguing that any “physical altercation” with law enforcement is unacceptable. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday for attempting to “storm” a U.