Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey was arrested on Friday as he attempted to enter a new immigrant detention facility.

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Executive Director Amol Sinha, in a statement sent to Newsweek via email on ...

The private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for mass ...

Newark Mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka was arrested Friday outside an US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention facility that he’d vowed to shut down.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested by Homeland Security at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey while protesting its ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday outside an immigration detention center he’s been protesting this week. He ...

Witnesses said the arrest came after Baraka attempted to join a scheduled tour of the facility with three members of New ...

Video posted on Twitter (now X) shows Ras Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark ICE ...

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

Interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba alleged that Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to ...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued a statement Friday denouncing the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka during a protest ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at an ICE detention facility in the city, and was accused of trespassing while ...