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“Clear Lines They Dare Not Cross”: Hakeem Jeffries Warns GOP Against Arresting Democrats

HeadlineMay 14, 2025

In New Jersey, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka returned to an immigration detention center Tuesday for the first time since his arrest by masked federal agents last Friday. Baraka is due in federal court on Thursday to face trespassing charges, where he’s set to plead not guilty. He was arrested on Newark public property after he tried unsuccessfully to tour the 1,000-bed, for-profit ICE jail with three Democratic congressmembers: Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez. On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Congressmember Buddy Carter introduced a House resolution to strip the three of their committee assignments. This comes after the Department of Homeland Security threatened to arrest the lawmakers. On Tuesday, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries dismissed the idea that Trump would seek to prosecute members of Congress.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “No one’s intimidated by this dude. No one. And so, there are clear lines that they just dare not cross.”

Click here to see our interview with Mayor Ras Baraka.

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