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Newark Mayor Arrested While Protesting At ICE Detention Center (www.huffpost.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an ICE Detention Center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.

Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to leave Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility run by private prison operator GEO Group.

The mayor has been protesting the opening of the facility throughout this week, saying its operators did not get proper permits.

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[–] b000rg@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Missed opportunity for a Baraka-cade. Barakade?