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Newark mayor returns to immigration detention center days after trespassing arrest
- On Tuesday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka made a brief visit to the entrance of the immigration detention facility where he was taken into custody the previous Friday on charges of trespassing.
- Baraka was arrested after trying to accompany three New Jersey congressional representatives—Menendez, McIver, and Watson Coleman—when they attempted to access the detention center.
- During the incident, a federal official wearing Homeland Security Investigations gear denied Baraka entry, stating, "you are not a Congress member," while protesters shouted "Shame."
- The detention center, Delaney Hall, is run by The Geo Group Inc. Under a $1 billion, 15-year contract awarded by ICE in February, an unusually long agreement for the agency.
- Ras Baraka, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in the primary scheduled for June 10, is scheduled for a court appearance Thursday regarding his trespassing charge, highlighting his continued resistance to the immigration detention center and related policies.
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A former Republican strategist laid into Attorney General Pam Bondi on MSNBC over the recent arrests of public officials accused of interfering or trespassing on the property of federal immigration officials, most recently the prosecution of Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, after he join...
Newark Mayor: I Wasn't at ICE Facility to Get Arrested, But It's Moment Where People Choose to Put Selves in Danger
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Inside the ICE detention center where Newark mayor was taken into custody
CBS News got a first look inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center where the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, was arrested and charged with trespassing. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga went on the tour and spoke with the acting ICE director and Baraka.
Arrest boosts Newark mayor as he runs for governor
The NewsNewark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest at an ICE detention center is jolting New Jersey’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, galvanizing national Democrats. It is already testing his theory that the party’s voters want to pick fights that moderates want to avoid.In the state, where Democrats will pick their nominee for governor on June 10, the scene of Baraka being pulled away by ICE agents has burnished his image as an anti-Trump warrior. In W…
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