Trump administration officials announced the arrest of Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the city.
Baraka protested the opening of a new ICE detention center in Newark on Friday, claiming the operators did not acquire necessary permits, according to a report from WNJN-TV.
Alina Habba, Counselor to the President and interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, said that he was warned multiple times to leave the facility, known as Delaney Hall.
“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,” Habba wrote on social media platform X.
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