SCOOP: Democrats who 'stormed' Newark ICE facility could be stripped of committees in new House bill

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican lawmaker is moving to person 3 of his Democratic colleagues removed from their House committees aft they were accused of "storming" a national detention installation successful defence of illegal immigrants successful New Jersey.

Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced a solution connected Tuesday to portion Reps. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., and LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., of their committee assignments.

The New Jersey Democrats were portion of a radical of protesters who rushed into Delaney Hall Detention Center aft the gates opened for a autobus carrying a radical of detainees into the facility.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused them of breaking successful and risking the information of some instrumentality enforcement and detainees for what it called a governmental stunt.

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From near to right, Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman are being targeted successful a caller House GOP resolution. (Getty Images)

The lawmakers and their supporters, however, maintained they were exercising their law work and accused ICE agents of assaulting McIver and Watson Coleman.

"The extremist near has mislaid their minds – they would alternatively raid an ICE installation to support transgression amerciable immigrants than correspond their ain constituents," Carter told Fox News Digital of his legislation.

"This behaviour constitutes an battle connected our brave ICE agents and undermines the regularisation of law. The 3 members progressive successful this stunt bash not merit to beryllium connected committees alongside superior lawmakers."

His authorities would region Watson Coleman from the House Appropriations Committee, region Menendez from the House Energy & Commerce Committee and region McIver from the House committees connected Small Business and Homeland Security.

Carter's bureau is reaching retired to different House Republicans to gauge enactment for the resolution.

Rep. Buddy Carter is starring the solution to portion the Democrats of their committees. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to the 3 Democrats for remark but did not instantly perceive back.

DHS said successful a connection aft the incidental Friday, "These members of Congress storming into a detention installation goes beyond bizarre governmental stunt and puts the information of our instrumentality enforcement agents and the detainees astatine risk."

"Members of Congress are not supra the instrumentality and cannot illegally interruption into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would person facilitated a circuit of the facility," DHS said.

The Democrats, meanwhile, person pushed backmost connected the Republican categorization of the event.

"The thought we 'stormed' a heavy guarded national detention halfway is absurd – conscionable much lies from the astir dishonest medication successful history," Watson Coleman wrote connected X.

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McIver wrote connected the societal level Friday, "This is laid retired intelligibly connected ICE’s ain website. What happened today, from the manhandling of maine and my colleagues to the apprehension of [Newark Mayor Ras Baraka], should ne'er person occurred."

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Democratic leaders similar House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., besides defended the trio.

"The concerns of elected officials astir this unsanctioned installation volition not beryllium silenced by the Trump administration’s effort to intimidate the public. We volition ne'er crook the knee,' Jeffries said.

"The masked agents who physically accosted 2 Congresswomen indispensable beryllium identified instantly and immoderate trumped-up charges against Mayor Baraka dropped."