Bob Menendez Jr.: “There has been 100 Trinidadian citizens who have left their country to join the Islamic State over the last few years.”

As Members of Congress, we have a legal right to conduct oversight at any DHS facility without prior notice, as we have already done twice this year.

I represent a densely populated district. And so, there is a heliport on one side of the district and New York City on the other.

Throughout every step of this visit, ICE attempted to intimidate everyone involved and impede our ability to conduct oversight.

It was an act of intimidation. It was an act of intimidation not just to the mayor, not just to us, but to everyone watching.