The three New Jersey House Democrats who „stormed“ Delaney Hall Detention Center could see their committee assignments pulled in a new GOP bill.
A Republican lawmaker is moving to have three of his Democratic colleagues removed from their House committees after they were accused of „storming“ a federal detention facility in defense of illegal immigrants in New Jersey.
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., introduced a resolution on Tuesday to strip 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 part of a group of protesters who rushed into Delaney Hall Detention Center after the gates opened for a bus carrying a group of detainees into the facility.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused them of breaking in and risking the safety of both law enforcement and detainees for what it called a political stunt.
The lawmakers and their supporters, however, maintained they were exercising their constitutional duty and accused ICE agents of assaulting McIver and Watson Coleman.
