Immigration agents "raided" a business in Newark on Thursday, according to the city's mayor.

Summary

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka criticized ICE agents for “raiding” a local business without a warrant, detaining several individuals, including U.S. citizens, a military veteran, and undocumented immigrants.

Baraka called the actions a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unlawful searches and seizures, and vowed Newark would not tolerate such behavior.

ICE confirmed the operation was part of an active investigation, claiming they may request IDs to verify identities during fieldwork.

  • @[email protected]
    10•1 day ago

    Is this a joke? ICE is never going to target business owners and even if ICE did, they’d face no punishment.

    • @[email protected]
      6•1 day ago

      Low hanging fruit for Democrats… they should introduce a bill with criminal punishment for knowingly employing undocumented. 1 month per employee, per year maybe.

      Would be funny to see Republicans twist themselves up into a pretzel arguing against it.

      • @NoEsReal
        4•1 day ago

        Or Rs would pass it and now undocumented folks have an even harder time finding employment. Seems like playing chicken with the livelihoods of undocumented folks

        • @[email protected]
          1•14 hours ago

          I guess. But we need to deal with the issue one way or another, it only gets worse the longer people are here undocumented.

          My preferred solution would just be a path to citizenship though. Especially for anyone who has children and or community roots. I guess we also need a robust visa work program as well, if we want to continue to pay low wages for certain sectors.