US EditionNewark mayor arrested at ICE facility claims he was 'targeted' after court hearing
- Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody last week while protesting outside the recently inaugurated Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
- The arrest followed Baraka's attempt to enter the facility, which is privately run by Geo Group under a 15-year federal contract awarded in February.
- Baraka faces a misdemeanor trespassing charge carrying a maximum 30-day sentence and has denied being on the facility’s property while claiming selective prosecution.
- Baraka expressed that efforts are being made to demean and belittle him to the greatest extent possible, while his legal team intends to file for dismissal based on jurisdictional issues and claims of selective prosecution.
- The case, reflecting broader tensions over immigration enforcement, awaits trial possibly in late July and has drawn criticism from political figures on both sides.
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What Happened to ‘No One Is Above the Law’?
What Happened to ‘No One Is Above the Law’? When Donald Trump was indicted in March of 2023, the corporate media spent the next thirteen months up until his conviction smugly reminding everyone within earshot that “no one is above the law.” Yet these same supposed journalists are now expressing disgust and outrage at the arrest of leftwing politicians and judges who quite clearly appear to have broken the law. Last week, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka…
'Despicable': Lawmaker tears into Trump's DHS chief after mayor's 'targeting'
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) laid a smackdown on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on MSNBC, over the ongoing effort to prosecute Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka.Baraka, a progressive candidate for governor, joined a protest along with several members of Congress at Delaney Hall, a large, privately-operated detention facility being used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in contravention of local laws prohibiting such fa…
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New Jersey MonitorAfter court appearance, Newark mayor accuses Trump administration of ‘authoritarianism’
Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, speaks after exiting the courthouse on May 15, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge that he trespassed last week at Delaney Hall, an ICE immigration detention center in Newark. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested by federal agents last week and accused of trespassing at an immigration jail…
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