Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that the Trump administration’s arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center was “shameful.”

Guest host Antonia Hylton said, “I need to ask you two, if you’ve seen the images coming out of Newark, of the arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka, and some of your colleagues were there on the ground with him in this incredible scene. You know, we see a congressman right there in the center, sort of stuck in, in this tug of war with officials on the ground there. What’s your reaction to this and what his arrest represents?”

Garcia said, “This is completely shameful and outrageous. Members of Congress have a right to visit these facilities. It happens all the time. And for this to happen to the mayor and to

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