Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest last week at a federal immigration detention facility could shake up the New Jersey governor ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a new federal immigration detention center he has been protesting against and ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark in handcuffs outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, NJ on May 9, 2025. Newark Mayor ...

GEO group has denied that allegation. The interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, confirmed that Baraka was ...

Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka trespassed at the detention facility, which is run by private prison operator Geo Group. Habba said ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was being held at a separate ICE field office in his own city as elected Democrats in New Jersey scrambled to get him released. The members of Congress all said they were ...

Ras J. Baraka and city officials have said that the lockup is operating without a valid certificate of occupancy. Three members of Congress from New Jersey were with Mr. Baraka when he was arrested.

Newark Mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka was released Friday night after being collared at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility that opened Tuesday ...

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was briefly arrested at an ICE detention center. The arrest occurred during an unannounced inspection by members of New Jersey's congressional delegation.

And just like that, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is the most talked-about politician in New Jersey. “I think we have our frontrunner,” said one Democratic operative who declared “this volatile ...