House Republicans claim the lawmaker who participated in a protest at the facility engaged in ‘obstruction,’ not oversight.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside the Delany Hall ICE Facility on May 7, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP

5/20/2025Updated: 5/20/2025
Democrats and Republicans clashed during a House hearing over charges faced by a Democratic congresswoman over a scuffle outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in New Jersey this month.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing titled Examining Threats to ICE Operations on May 20 that focused on events at the Delany Hall ICE Facility in Newark.