{"id":141617,"date":"2025-05-10T06:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/mayor-ras-baraka-of-newark-nj-arrested-at-ice-detention-center\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T06:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T06:25:22","slug":"mayor-ras-baraka-of-newark-nj-arrested-at-ice-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/mayor-ras-baraka-of-newark-nj-arrested-at-ice-detention-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Ras Baraka Of Newark, NJ Arrested At ICE Detention Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Newark<strong> Mayor Ras Baraka<\/strong> was arrested Friday (May 9) at a federal immigration detention middle. Baraka had been protesting the ability\u2019s opening this week. The arrest has sparked many reactions on social media and from political commentators.<\/p>\n<p>Baraka has embraced the combat with the Trump administration over unlawful immigration. He has aggressively pushed again towards the development and opening of the 1,000-bed detention middle. He argues that it shouldn&#8217;t open due to constructing allow points. Meanwhile, <strong>Linda Baraka<\/strong>, the mayor\u2019s spouse, accused the federal authorities of concentrating on her husband.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t arrest anyone else. They didn\u2019t ask anyone else to leave. They wanted to make an example out of the mayor,\u201d she stated, including that she had not been allowed to see him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/white-house-dei-social-media-reacts-post-donald-deportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whew! The White House Is Giving Social Media Users Whiplash With WILD Post About DEI (PHOTO)<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Witnesses Describe The Arrest Of Mayor Ras Baraka<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Video of the incident confirmed that Baraka was arrested after returning to the general public facet of the ability\u2019s gate.\u00a0Witnesses stated the arrest got here after Baraka tried to enter the ability with three members of New Jersey\u2019s congressional delegation. They embody <strong>Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver, <\/strong>and<strong> Bonnie Watson Coleman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Viri Martinez, an activist with the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, a heated argument broke out when federal officers blocked the mayor\u2019s entry. The argument continued even after Baraka returned to the general public facet of the gates.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere was yelling and pushing,\u201d Martinez stated. \u201cThen the officers swarmed Baraka. They threw one of the organizers to the ground. They put Baraka in handcuffs and put him in an unmarked car.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-protest-ice-newark-mayor-arrested-5a2b3fefd7da563c48d2f85831cf2194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by the Associated Press<\/a> reveals a federal official in a Homeland Security Investigations jacket telling Baraka he couldn&#8217;t be a part of a tour of the ability. He reportedly stated, <strong>\u201cYou are not a congress member.\u201d <\/strong>Baraka then left the safe space, rejoining protesters on the general public facet of the gate.<\/p>\n<p>A person in a go well with stated by means of the gate, <strong>\u201cThey\u2019re talking about coming back to arrest you.\u201d <\/strong>Baraka replied,<strong> \u201cI\u2019m not on their property. They can\u2019t come out on the street and arrest me.\u201d <\/strong>Minutes later, a number of ICE brokers, some carrying face coverings, surrounded him and others on the general public facet. As protesters cried out, \u201cShame,\u201d the brokers dragged Mayor Ras Baraka again by means of the safety gate in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>After the arrest, a crowd had gathered to protest outdoors the Newark constructing the place officers had been holding Baraka. Many had been shouting, <strong>\u201cLet the mayor go!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJciM8jBdVL\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<p>\n                      <iframe class=\"custom-ig-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DJciM8jBdVL\/embed\/captioned\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"640px\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><\/iframe>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Department Of Homeland Security Reacts, Lawmaker Shuts Down Agency\u2019s Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In an announcement, the Department of Homeland Security stated the lawmakers had not requested a tour of the Newark facility. Instead, protestors and the lawmakers had allegedly \u201cstormed the gate and broke into the detention facility\u201d as a bus carrying detainees was coming into. Still, Homeland Security didn&#8217;t reply questions on why solely Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Watson Coleman spokesperson Ned Cooper stated the lawmakers went unannounced to the ability early within the afternoon as a result of they deliberate to examine it. It was not their plan to take a scheduled tour.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey arrived, explained to the guards and the officials at the facility that they were there to exercise their oversight authority,\u201d he stated, including that they had been allowed to enter and examine the middle someday between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Watson herself stated the DHS assertion inaccurately explains what occurred in the course of the go to.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cContrary to a press statement put out by DHS we did not \u2018storm\u2019 the detention center,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe author of that press release was so unfamiliar with the facts on the ground that they didn\u2019t even correctly count the number of Representatives present. We were exercising our legal oversight function as we have done at the Elizabeth Detention Center without incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DHS stated in its assertion that the ability has the right permits and that inspections have been cleared. Delaney Hall, a two-story constructing subsequent to a county jail, previously operated as a midway home.<\/p>\n<p>In February, ICE awarded The Geo Group Inc. a 15-year contract to run the Newark detention middle. Geo valued the contract at $1 billion, an unusually lengthy and enormous settlement for ICE. The announcement was a part of President Donald Trump\u2019s plans to extend detention beds nationwide this 12 months.\u00a0CEO David Donahue stated the ability started the consumption course of May 1.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New Jersey Interim District Attorney Reacts To Mayor\u2019s Arrest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alina Habba<\/strong> is the interim U.S. lawyer for New Jersey. Habba stated on the social platform X that Baraka dedicated trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to go away Delaney Hall, a detention facility run by non-public jail operator Geo Group. Habba stated Baraka had \u201cchosen to disregard the law\u201d and confirmed he was taken into custody. <strong>\u201cNo one is above the law,\u201d<\/strong> she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, dedicated trespass and ignored a number of warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to take away himself from the ICE detention middle in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon.  He has willingly chosen to ignore the regulation. That is not going to stand on this\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlinaHabba\/status\/1920918181951971563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Associated Press workers Jake Offenhartz, Claudia Lauer, and Rebecca Santana contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container\" style=\"justify-content: center;;\">\n<div class=\"wpra-reactions-container\" data-ver=\"1.3.10\" data-post_id=\"227740\" data-show_count=\"true\" data-enable_share=\"onclick\" data-behavior=\"regular\" data-animation=\"true\" data-share_url=\"https:\/\/theshaderoom.com\/mayor-ras-baraka-newark-new-jersey-detained-while-protesting-immigration-detention-center\/\" data-secure=\"fd0d163b5d\">\n<p>What Do You Think Roomies?<\/p>\n<p>                                             <!-- end of share buttons -->\t\t\t            <\/div>\n<p> <!-- end of reactions container -->        <\/div>\n<p> <!-- end of reactions wrap -->\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday (May 9) at a federal immigration detention middle. Baraka had been protesting the ability\u2019s opening this week. The arrest has sparked many reactions on social media and from political commentators. Baraka has embraced the combat with the Trump administration over unlawful immigration. 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