Inside ICE Detention Center: Newark Mayor's Arrest and Tour

ICE Detention Center Tour

• 🎤 CBS News correspondent Nicole Sganga received an exclusive tour of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.
• 🏥 Detainees receive a full physical exam by a medical professional within 12 hours of arrival.
• 📞 The facility provides booths for detainees to call families or legal representation.

Conditions and Capacity

• ⚠️ The acting ICE director, Todd Lyons, stated the facility is humane and meets high detention standards, emphasizing detention is for removal, not punishment.
• 🏢 The 1,000-bed facility, opened May 1st, was operating at only 15% capacity with 152 detainees.
• 🤝 Lyons cited a lack of federal coordination and assistance from local law enforcement as reasons for low capacity.

Due Process and Mayor Baraka's Arrest

• ⚖️ ICE officials maintain that due process is fully in place, despite discussions of suspending habeas corpus due to migrant influx.
• 🚶 Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and charged with trespassing by HSI agents after attempting to inspect the facility for fire and safety hazards.
• ⏱️ Baraka was detained for four to five hours at a separate facility and denies allegations of trespassing.
• 🚨 Baraka was indicted on federal charges of trespass on federal property, with a court appearance scheduled.