ICE raid in Newark

https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/01/ice-agents-stormed-business-blocked-exits-while-making-arrests-in-njs-largest-city.html

A seafood distribution business in Newark was raided by about a dozen ICE agents. According to mayor Ras Baraka, they did not have a warrant. 

It would be good to know a little more about what precipitated this raid. The administration has stated that their policy is to prioritize deporting criminals and people who are currently not complying with a deportation order. So maybe there was some evidence that someone from either group was working at this business?

I really hope this isn’t the beginning of random raids of businesses where you think you might find a few undocumented workers. 

Wow, was I wrong. I was so sure that ICE would be focused on the border states, figuring that Trump would want to please his voters. I felt he wouldn't spend a cent working in our state, after all those states sent buses filled with people who crossed the border to the tri state area. 

But I was way off on this one.

The account in the above article is deeply disturbing. So many of my close friends and extended family immigrated to this country from South America and I can't imagine how they would react to such questioning. Indignation might not play well with ICE.

I guess everyone in the Federal building in Newark is going to have to start bringing their lunches, instead of popping over to the Ironbound.