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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 ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has emerged as a potential frontrunner in the race to become the next governor of New Jersey. Mayor Baraka points toward multiple achievements during his leadership of ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...
New Jersey Democratic politicians were calling for the immediate release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka following his arrest on May 9 at Newark's Delaney Hall, which is being used as an ICE detention ...
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at Newark's Delaney Hall on May 9. At the time of his arrest, he was with three U.S. reps from New Jersey.
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 ...
The Newark, New Jersey mayor discusses his arrest and gubernatorial campaign. “They targeted me because I'm the mayor of the city,” says Newark, New Jersey mayor and gubernatorial candidate ...
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks during a Juneteenth reparations rally at Newark City Hall on June 17, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Share on Facebook ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said.