House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) issued what many are perceiving as a warning against potential consequences for his fellow Democratic lawmakers who clashed with federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., last week.

During a back-and-forth with Fox News reporter Chad Pergram, Jeffries repeatedly responded with “they’ll find out” when asked about the potential repercussions if the House Democrats involved in the incident were to be arrested by federal authorities or face sanctions.

Jeffries ultimately asserted that it would be a “red line” as the questions persisted. He also took a swipe at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin, who told CNN that arresting the Democrats in question was “definitely on the table,” pending an investigation.

“It’s a red line. It’s very clear,” Jeffries said. “First of all, I think that the so-called Homeland Security spokesperson is a joke. It’s a joke. They know better than to go down that road. And it’s been made loudly and abundantly clear to the Trump administration. We’re not going to be intimidated by their tactics.”

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for governor of New Jersey and protesting the Delaney Hall facility, was arrested after a security breach last Friday, as reported by The Daily Wire. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, said he “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.”

DHS stated that three House Democrats who joined Baraka that day—New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez—”stormed the gate and broke into” the facility.

While the New Jersey Democrats insisted they were at Delaney Hall to conduct legitimate supervision, McLaughlin said in a post on X, “Members of Congress cannot break the law in the name of ‘oversight.’ All members & staff need to comply with facility rules, procedures, and instructions from ICE personnel on site. INCLUDING 24 hour notice.”

On X, Pergram shared that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told a Fox News colleague that he believes “an appropriate measure needs to be taken,” noting that “the video doesn’t lie.” This was in reference to ICE body-cam footage capturing part of the confrontation between the New Jersey Democrats and DHS agents.

NEW: DHS has provided @FoxNews ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday. They say the video clearly shows @RepLaMonica (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed… pic.twitter.com/GOAKm6U80W

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 10, 2025

He added, “I think it was wildly inappropriate for those members to do that, and we’ll have to take appropriate action.”