Ras Baraka’s arrest thrust him into national spotlight
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CBS News gets a tour of a controversial ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, just days after the city's mayor was arrested there.
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba was warned by a magistrate not to make out-of-court statements about Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, following his arrest. Baraka was arrested for trespassing last week outside an immigration detention center in Newark,
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark, New Jersey was arrested and released on Friday after a scuffle at the gate of an ICE facility.
Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was charged with trespassing, according to court documents.
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,
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for governor, was arrested at a newly opened immigration detention center in his city.
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Executive Director Amol Sinha, in a statement sent to Newsweek via email on Friday: "The arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka by the Department of Homeland Security is a shameful escalation of the Trump administration's intimidation campaign against officials who refuse to do their bidding."
Trump is doubling down on this week’s arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside of an ICE facility as officials consider also arresting New Jersey Democrats who joined the protests. Mayor Baraka joins The Weekend to discuss.
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark in handcuffs outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, NJ on May 9, 2025. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in his city.
The Newark, New Jersey, mayor has responded to accusations of trespass at an ICE facility from interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.
An NJ Advance Media reporter on the scene said security for ICE allowed the mayor and the city’s lawyer beyond the gates. The congress members were already on the other side of the gate at this time. However, none of the video released by the Department of Homeland Security shows the interaction.