US EditionNew Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody on May 9 during a protest outside Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention facility located in Newark.
- Baraka’s arrest followed his attempts to enter the facility alongside New Jersey congressional members during demonstrations opposing the center’s opening, amid disputes over facility permits and access.
- Delaney Hall, operated by the private GEO Group under a $1 billion, 15-year ICE contract, opened on May 1 with capacity for 1,000 detainees and faces ongoing legal and political controversy.
- Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba reported that Baraka unlawfully entered the ICE facility and disregarded multiple instructions from Homeland Security officials to leave, while DHS accused protesters of forcibly entering the site—a claim challenged by some members of Congress.
- The arrest intensified tensions between local officials and federal agencies over immigration enforcement transparency and oversight, highlighting broader conflicts over privately run detention centers and immigration policy.
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Alina Habba says ‘grandstanding’ Dem mayor chose to 'disregard the law,' arrest merited · American Wire News
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was among the Democrats arrested during Friday’s storming of a New Jersey ICE detention facility, an incident that grabbed national headlines and underscored the party’s support of violent illegal alien criminals. Baraka was led off in cuffs after the group, which included lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives, forced their way inside the gates at Delaney Hall as a bus with detainees was passing through, conduc…
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