Protests that broke out at a Manhattan courtroom over the arrests of several immigrants went beyond immigration and are instead a criminal matter, former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told Newsmax on Sunday.

“What you’re seeing here has absolutely nothing to do with immigration,” Cuccinelli commented on Newsmax’s “Sunday Agenda.” “This is a violent protest, and violence is illegal.”

Last Wednesday, ICE officers arrested nearly two dozen protesters, including a minister, who blocked the paths of two vans agents were using to transport immigrants detained at the courthouse.

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