Press Releases

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:

“Today’s incident at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark that led to the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka and the man-handling, assault and mistreatment of Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez by federal immigration agents, raises serious concerns about the Trump Administration's lack of transparency and treatment of individuals being held in immigrant detention facilities. 

“Rep. Watson Coleman, as part of the New Jersey delegation, and Rep. McIver, in her capacity as a member of the Homeland Security Committee, two of our CBC members along side Rep. Rob Menendez, were present to inspect the conditions at Delaney Hall as a part of their oversight responsibilities as members of the U.S. House of Representatives. 

“The Trump Administration has time and again ripped through the democratic norms of checks and balances as enshrined in our Constitution. As a co-equal branch of government, we are demanding answers and transparency, not only of the decisions that led to this assault and mistreatment, but also to the conditions and treatment of individuals being held by the Trump Administration ICE detention centers.”