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 ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at an ICE facility during a visit with members of New Jersey's congressional delegation.

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

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

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.

Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba confirmed Baraka’s arrest, saying that the mayor “committed trespass” at the ...

The Democratic candidate for governor, was handcuffed and detained by federal officials before being released at a protest of ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested while protesting a newly opened ICE detention center run by GEO Group, sparking a heated ...

After hours in federal custody, Mayor Ras Baraka was released and spoke to a large crowd outside a Department of Homeland ...

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 ...

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