Trump Border Czar Trashes Dem Mayor Arrested at ICE Facility Protest: ‘He’s Not Very Smart’

Trump border czar Tom Homan slammed protesters and Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, arrested at an ICE facility after physical confrontations with the facility personnel, arguing that the Democrats involved don’t know what they are talking about.

Baraka and three House Democrats were involved in a dramatic altercation with ICE agents on Friday, which the Trump administration has called “assault” and characterized as the Democrats storming the facility. The mayor — who is also running for governor — went on CNN later that day to claim that he was innocent of any wrongdoing.

On Saturday, bodycam footage from ICE officers was released showing close-up views of the confrontations that took place. A DHS spox warned Friday that more arrests may be coming based on footage from the scene.

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan joined Fox News Live on Saturday to talk about the incident with anchor Alicia Acuna, and said that Mayor Baraka is “not very smart” and argued that the protest itself is based on a false premise.

“I mean, bottom line is, that’s what the facility’s all about,” he said. “This facility’s about due process.”

“They were screaming and yelling about due process, and fourteenth, and all this in the Constitution,” Homan said. “This is where due process happens.”

ACUNA: Just watching that body cam video, absolutely incredible to see that that went down. And before we get to it, I’d like you to also hear what the Newark Mayor had to say also in his defense.

BARAKA (CLIP): We ask them to obey our laws, to obey the policies and rules here in the city and the state of New Jersey, not to run roughshod over the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Fourth, the Fifth, the Fourteenth Amendment, that everybody on this soil deserves due process.

ACUNA: Tom, he’s saying they’re the good guys here.

HOMAN: Well look, he’s not very smart. I mean, bottom line is, that’s what the facility’s all about. This facility’s about due process.

This facility is where we put illegal aliens, people in the country illegally, first of all, they’re in the country illegally, they’re being detained. And they were screaming and yelling about due process, and fourteenth, and all this in the Constitution. This is where due process happens.

We have to detain them to go through the due process – You know, sometimes seeing a judge, sometimes they already have final orders. It’s ranging removal to their countries and getting travel documents to their country and making sure all the administrative processes are followed. So this is exactly what that facility means.

And I’ll tell you this: I can guarantee you, this facility has higher detention standards than any New Jersey facility. This facility has highest detention standards in the industry. You compare that to any jail in New Jersey and you’d be shocked how high these detention standards are.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.