An NJ Advance Media reporter on the scene said security for ICE allowed the mayor and the city’s lawyer beyond the gates. The congress members were already on the other side of the gate at this time. However, none of the video released by the Department of Homeland Security shows the interaction.

Legal experts and officials clash over Newark Mayor Baraka’s arrest at an ICE facility as DHS bodycam footage sparks new questions and controversy.

Tensions are rising in New Jersey after Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside a federal immigration detention center