Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Iran
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Fox hosts scold Newark mayor after he spoke out about US military veteran swept up in ICE raid

In response to the mayor’s statement about the raid, host Lawrence Jones replied, “Who cares?”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 01/24/25 11:52 AM EST

In a segment about the number of undocumented immigrants so far arrested by the Trump administration, Fox & Friends hosts scolded Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka for speaking out about an ICE raid in his town. What the hosts failed to mention is that according to Baraka’s statement, a U.S. military veteran had also been detained in the raid.

After host Lawrence Jones stated, “When you see some of these guys that they are arresting, we’re talking about rapists, murderers, people that are wanted for assault as well. So, these are violent offenders,” co-host Brian Kilmeade responded, “In Newark, New Jersey, the mayor is complaining that they weren’t told that they were going to have an ICE presence in the area.”

“Who cares,” Jones replied. 
 

Video file

Citation

From the January 24, 2025, editon of Fox News' Fox & Friends

However, the reportedly warrantless sweep may not have caught only “rapists” and “murderers,” as Jones suggested. Baraka’s statement noted that the raid had also resulted in the detention of a U.S. citizen and military veteran who “suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”

If Fox hosts are going to callously mock those calling out ICE raids for impacting U.S. citizens and military veterans as well, at the very least they should include all of the facts.   
 

The Latest

  1. Podcaster Dave Smith on Dan Bongino: “He's dumb. He's corrupt as shit. He's a liar, and he's trying to ruin good people.”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 2:42 PM EDT

  2. Tim Dillon calls Trump's second term “the greatest con in history”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 1:00 PM EDT

  3. Ben Shapiro: “Anybody who is telling you that it's a war crime to bomb a bridge, well, no, it depends on the bridge and it depends on the military purpose of bombing the bridge”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 12:00 PM EDT

  4. Tim Pool on war with Iran: “I did not vote for this. I am not happy with it. It does not seem to be going well, and gas near me, and we're in the middle of nowhere, is 4 bucks. Diesel's at 6. This is bad, bad, bad.”

    Video & Audio 04/06/26 11:18 AM EDT

  5. Right-wing media’s scattered predictions on when the Iran war will end

    Research/Study 04/06/26 10:31 AM EDT

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 24
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Fox & Friends

    Fox-and-Friends-MMFA-Tag.png
  • Fox News

    Fox-News-MMFA-Tag.png
  • Lawrence Jones

    Lawrence Jones Tag
  • Brian Kilmeade

    Brian-Kilmeade-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. Fox's Tax Day celebration of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” fails to account for how he increased costs for Americans

    Research/Study 04/16/26 3:11 PM EDT

  2. Media Matters weekly newsletter, April 17

    Narrative/Timeline 04/17/26 11:18 AM EDT

  3. Fox host Brian Kilmeade: “You know you got a guy on the right like Nick Fuentes, a raging racist who people on the right should run from. Other people choose to interview him.”

    Video & Audio 04/16/26 8:29 AM EDT

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS