DHS chief Noem accuses lawmakers of 'committing felonies' at Newark ICE facility: 'They should be censured'

Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday called out members of Congress for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers during a heated altercation outside a Newark immigration detention center last week Noem criticized the lawmakers for defending their actions as a supposed oversight Appearing on Jesse Watters Prime Noem accused the lawmakers of committing criminal behavior This wasn't oversight This was committing felonies This was going out and attacking people who stand up for the rule of law And it was absolutely horrible Noem reported I can't believe they act like this and then they defend it And then they're doing these acts of violence to get people out of detention centers that are rapists that are murderers that are people that are from foreign terrorist organizations that have been out there victimizing our communities in the United States of America she went on DEM LAWMAKERS DEFEND STORMING OF ICE FACILITY SAY TRUMP ADMIN IS LYING AT ALL LEVELS U S Reps Rob Menendez Jr Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver all New Jersey Democrats stormed ICE's Delaney Hall detention facility s gate in Newark on Friday demanding they be allowed to conduct an oversight visit These members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at danger a DHS comment to Fox News reported 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 The three lawmakers were outside the facility with a group of protesters when the gates opened to allow an ICE bus in The lawmakers then rushed through the gates and past prevention DHS disclosed What are they trying to do Noem questioned Release these people back into the country so that there could be more Laken Rileys So there can be more Jocelyn Nungarays I just don't understand what their point is They have totally lost their minds DHS SAYS ARRESTS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE AFTER NEW JERSEY HOUSE DEMS CAUGHT ON CAMERA STORMING ICE FACILITYShe called for the trio to be censured and formally rebuked by the House of Representatives It s astounding to me that someone would even vote for someone to put them in a place of leadership when they perpetuate something as hypocritical and as criminal as what these individuals did she stated I hope that the rest of the members of the House of Representatives will hold them accountable Noem continued They shouldn t be allowed to be on the committees that they re on in fact one of them McIver is supposed to be conducting oversight over ICE and instead she s assaulting them They don t deserve to be in the House Noem added They should be censured by it In a press conference earlier Coleman denied the accusations that they were trying to illegally enter the facility and claimed that ICE was out of control McIver noted the three lawmakers had waited more than two hours to gain access to the facility to conduct an oversight visit She stated all three of them were also assaulted by ICE personnel There are people who are supposed to be officers who are supposed to protect us and they have done none of that McIver informed reporters If they can treat three members of Congress like that just imagine how they can treat people on the street each and every day both undocumented and people who are citizens here in this country CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP McIver doubled down in a post on X saying that none of this had to happen We arrived at Delaney Hall to do our jobs period she wrote Instead of facilitating congressional oversight as they are obligated to do ICE created chaos Fox News' Bill Melugin and Louis Casiano contributed to this document