President Trump’s Justice Department is making arrests in Newark, and the message to anti-ICE agitators is plain. Assault a federal officer, and you will be charged. On May 28, ICE deportation officers were clearing a road outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility when a crowd refused to move. The Justice Department says one demonstrator kicked officers and then bit two of them, sending both to a Newark hospital. President Trump and his administration are standing with the officers who took those bites and kicks while doing their jobs. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the FBI also made an arrest tied to threats against ICE officers and their families. Told you. @FBI just arrested the man who threatened to kill ICE officers and their families. FAFO. https://t.co/ai2Y46nmOR — Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 30, 2026 The Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs announced the arrest and the charge. From the Justice Department: A New Jersey man was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury. “Peaceful protest doesn’t translate to violently attacking federal law enforcement officers,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Federal officers are protecting United States’ property and facilities. With virtually no local law enforcement support from New Jersey, rioters are regrouping and attacking. We will not tolerate the vicious attacks we have seen in Newark the last few days, and we will make arrests and hold people accountable for criminal conduct.” “As alleged in the Justice Department’s complaint, this violent rioter savagely bit an ICE law enforcement officer outside of Delaney Hall. The Trump Administration will always stand with our law enforcement officers,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on May 28, officers of the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) were engaged in official duties relating to security and crowd-control operations during a demonstration near the ICE Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey. Certain ICE deportation officers were assigned to conduct perimeter enforcement for the facility, which included clearing the road leading to and from the facility for vehicles. At approximately 10:30 p.m., a large group of demonstrators was blocking that road. Deportation officers, in an attempt to clear the road, formed into a line and began to move towards the group of demonstrators, which included Geier. The deportation officers issued commands to the demonstrators to “move back,” but the demonstrators, including Geier, ignored those commands and refused to clear the road. Geier instead engaged in a struggle with deportation officers, kicking officers and ultimately biting an officer’s forearm, and another’s knuckle. Both victims received treatment at a local hospital. The defendant is Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison. He was released with location monitoring, a curfew, and a ban on returning to Delaney Hall. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey says he is one of many. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey: NEWARK, N.J. – A Morris County man was arrested on May 28, 2026 and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. “This defendant’s court appearance is a clear step toward justice after 21 individuals were arrested for assaulting federal officers at Delaney Hall from May 26-29,” said ERO Newark acting Field Office Director Arthur J. Wilson Jr. “Instead of peacefully protesting, rioters blocked ICE officers conducting their lawful duties, ignored repeated lawful commands and threatened violence. Our brave ICE officers risked their lives to protect everyone present inside and out of Delaney Hall and we will continue to pursue charges against agitators and ensure violent offenders have real consequences.” Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison, was charged by complaint yesterday and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cari Fais, and was released with location monitoring, a curfew, and prohibited from returning to Delaney Hall. The charge for assault resulting in bodily injury carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. The charge and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That presumption stands until a court rules. The 21 arrests over four days do not. Mullin thanked the FBI and put a number on what these officers are walking into. Thank you to the @FBI for arresting a rioter who threatened to kill an @ICEgov law enforcement officer and his family outside Delaney Hall. Our officers are facing an 8,000% increase in death threats against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest the worst of the… — Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) May 30, 2026 An 8,000 percent jump in death threats is not protest. It is intimidation aimed at the men and women who enforce federal law. Newark’s pattern is becoming familiar across blue cities. Rioters block ICE, local officials hold back state police, and federal officers absorb the violence. The difference now is that the Trump Justice Department is filing charges and making the agitators face consequences. Bite an officer, threaten his family, and the FBI will come find you.