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Judge scolds DOJ in dismissing ICE facility trespassing charge against Newark mayor
- Federal prosecutors charged Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with trespassing during a May 9 protest at an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
- The charges followed a visit to the newly opened Delaney Hall, where Baraka and others demanded transparency about detainee conditions amid ongoing tensions.
- After Judge Andre Espinosa criticized the prosecution’s hasty arrest and lack of thorough evidence, Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba dropped the charges 13 days later.
- Espinosa called the retraction embarrassing and said arrests must not be used to advance political agendas, emphasizing prosecutors’ duty to justice and due process.
- The dismissal highlights potential prosecutorial missteps and broadens scrutiny on ICE facility protests as separate charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver proceed with a June 11 hearing.
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | The ominous ICE arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
The march to authoritarianism in the U.S. accelerated on May 9 with another arrest of an elected official by the Trump administration. Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, the largest city in New Jersey, had accompanied a Congressional delegation to Delaney Hall, a private prison run by GEO Corporation under contract to ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The delegation included Congressmembers Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Rob Menende…
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Uncanceled NewsGlenn Beck Warns: Dems Are Plotting War on Deportations, Newark Clash a Mere ‘Warm-Up’
(The Blaze)—On May 9, three New Jersey Democratic House Representatives — Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez, and LaMonica McIver — along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) clashed with ICE agents at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during an unannounced oversight visit, protesting the facility’s reopening for migrant detention. Never mind the fact that ICE acting Director Todd Lyons has told us that “75% of the 152 detainees at Delane…
Glenn Beck WARNS: Dems are plotting war on deportations, Newark clash a mere ‘warm-up’
On May 9, three New Jersey Democratic House Representatives — Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez, and LaMonica McIver — along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) clashed with ICE agents at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark during an unannounced oversight visit, protesting the facility’s reopening for migrant detention. Never mind the fact that ICE acting Director Todd Lyons has told us that “75% of the 152 detainees at Delaney Hall have…
Federal Judge Slams DOJ’s ‘Political Agenda,’ Tosses ICE Trespass Case Against Newark Mayor — ‘You Are Free to Go’
A federal judge tore into the Department of Justice on Wednesday as he threw out a trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. The charge stemmed from Baraka’s visit earlier this month to an ICE detention center alongside three Democratic members of Congress. U.S. District Judge Andre Espinosa didn’t hold back. He called the DOJ’s actions a “worrisome misstep” and criticized what he saw as a rushed, politically motivated case. “The gover…
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