It’s “a good thing” a New Jersey politician was arrested when protesting at a new federal immigration detention center, Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland of Terrell County, Texas, told Newsmax Saturday.
On Friday evening, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at a federal immigration detention center after he ignored instructions from Homeland Security to leave the Delaney Hall facility.
“I think it’s a good thing. It shows politicians — whether you’re at the state, local, or federal level — you’re not above the law, and you got to play by the same rules as the rest of the public, just like we do as sheriffs,” Cleveland said during an appearance on “Saturday Agenda.”
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