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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Speaks Out After His Arrest for Visiting ICE Jail
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested and detained by masked federal immigration police Friday when he joined three Democratic congressmembers set to tour a newly reopened 1,000-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail run by GEO Group,
Protestors taken into custody outside ICE detention center where N.J. mayor was arrested, police say
Individual clergy and members of Faith in New Jersey, Faith in New York, Pax Christi, and other groups staged the demonstration three days after Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday afternoon on trespassing charges while there to meet three New Jersey members of Congress trying to conduct an oversight tour of the facility.
An NJ Advance Media reporter on the scene said security for ICE allowed the mayor and the city’s lawyer beyond the gates. The ...
The state’s US Attorney Alina Habba on Friday confirmed Baraka’s arrest, saying he “committed trespass and ignored multiple ...
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