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Newark Mayor Arrested By ICE While At New Detention Facility
Newark Mayor Arrested By ICE While At New Detention Facility

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday while protesting the opening of New Jersey ‘s Delaney Hall ICE detention center. According to Fox 5 New York , several Democratic members of Congress were also protesting at the detention center when chaos broke out as ICE arrested the mayor. Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, accused the mayor of trespassing. Habba said on X that Baraka “ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.” “He has willingly chosen to disregard the law,” Habba wrote. “That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.” The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this… — US Attorney Habba...

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