Breaking - Newark mayor arrested by ICE

[malaise]

This is madness

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https://www.insidernj.com/baraka-arrested-for-trespassing-at-controversial-immigrant-detention-facility/


Authorities with Homeland Securities Investigations at the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall this afternoon arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and charged him with trespassing.

The mayor's arrest following an argument with agents came after a tense week at the privately owned and operated immigrant detention center in Newark.

More HERE.

This from NJ.com, by way of context:

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official sharply criticized Newark’s mayor on Thursday over his opposition to an immigrant detention center in his city, accusing him of “political antics” that the official said endanger ICE officers and detainees.

[SheltieLover]

1. Really???

[malaise]

4. Just broke

Habba Dabba doo doo says he refused to leave a detention center and was arrested.
Will post a link when one is available

[cliffside]

6. link ...

https://www.insidernj.com/baraka-arrested-for-trespassing-at-controversial-immigrant-detention-facility/

[senseandsensibility]

7. Is that a reference to Alana Habba

or whatever her name is? I don't think the mayor is named that is he or she?

[malaise]

13. Habba Dabba doo doo is the

Goon squad lawyer

[SheltieLover]

17. They have crossed a line with this one imo

[malaise]

19. Crossed it again

The arrest of the Judge in Wisconsin was horrific

[SheltieLover]

20. Oh I know!

[i was a cathar...]

24. Yup!

He got in some good trouble. 😊

[Magoo48]

31. Now, if only a few thousand people would show up in the street and block that detention center to support him.

[Demovictory9]

2. ???

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. See post 6

[Gore1FL]

3. Is there a link someplace? It's not showing up on Google at this time. nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. See post 6

[Cheezoholic]

5. Republican Gestapo, lets call them what they are

I know I keep saying it but these assholes aren't Border Patrol or ICE or Cops or Pigs anymore they are worse. They are the REPUBLICAN GESTAPO!!

[SheltieLover]

18. You are correct!

[DENVERPOPS]

68. Yes

and so it begins.................

"They came for the........"

[EarthAbides]

8. Just reported on MSNBC

Something about the mayor going to an ICE facility and he was ordered to leave. Since he wouldn't leave they arrested him.

[stillcool]

54. bull...

he was on public property when he was arrested, outside the gates. He was there in his official capacity as the frigging Mayor, because ICE opened the facility without the permits necessary for re-opening it.

[jls4561]

9. Yep. Had to look this up, so here's a link :

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-taken-into-custody-by-ice-in-new-jersey/

It seems he was scoping out a new ICE detention facility, and Hubba Hubba Habba had him arrested for
“trespassing”.

Of course, with her dearth of brain cells, she probably thought she was nabbing Cory Booker and Fatass 47 would reward her for going after his alleged enemies.

[FelineOverlord]

11. He's been

Protesting in front of a Newark detention center for weeks.

Alina Hanna is apparently bragging about him being arrested for trespassing.

[stillcool]

56. he wasn't protesting

they reopened the prison without the necessary permits. There were 3 Congresspersons were inside of ICE at the same time. 20 armed and many masked members of ICE surrounded him on public property.

[yankee87]

12. ICE Gestapo

The mayor is in a private prison. The mayor should have the Newark police arrest the agents for false arrest.
First judges now mayors. I can see this regime arresting all Democrat presidential candidates.

We have to dox all ICE agents, defund the agency and put the leaders on trial.

[questionseverything]

16. Dox ice agents and any local cops that provide support

Remember when everything seems hopeless,


Eat the rich

[malaise]

21. Nicolle discussing now

This is madness

[Gordcanuck]

36. I really like the

idea of doxing the ICE fascists, they know they are doing dirty deeds. You actually outnumber them, you outclass them, you stand for the communities that are being violated, you can’t lose if you expose their activities and drive them out. Follow the little creep commanders home in the evening and picket their houses with press and cameras. Do it and win!

[milestogo]

22. Now they are coming for the sanctuary cities.

Democratic mayors, be warned.

[malaise]

23. They put their hands on two elected

New Jersey elected Reps.
This will explode soon and very soon.

[Mossfern]

29. Ya just don't mess with New Jersey!

They have poked the bear.
It could be revenge for Corey Booker's all night filibuster.



Did not any of them watch the Sopronos?

[orangecrush]

25. Sanctuary city mayors need to move with armed security

Apparently, from this point forward.

[tulipsandroses]

26. Who will be next? The pope?

But insurrectionists that attacked the Capitol should be hailed as heroes.

[yankee87]

30. Funny but not

It wouldn’t surprise anyone

[malaise]

34. This should be the last straw

Right fucking now

[dchill]

27. "...privately owned and operated immigrant detention center..."

There's your sign.

[orangecrush]

28. They manhandled congresswomen

And arrested him in a public area.



Newark mayor arrested during congressional visit to NJ ICE facility
Witnesses said the arrest came after Baraka attempted to join a scheduled tour of the facility with three members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation, Reps. Robert Menendez, LaMonica McIver, and Bonnie Watson Coleman.

"We’re at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances," Rep. Coleman wrote in a post on X.
When federal officials blocked his entry, a heated argument broke out, according to Viri Martinez, an activist with the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice. It continued even after Baraka returned to the public side of the gates.

“The agents started intimidating and putting their hands on the congresswomen. There was yelling and pushing,” Martinez said. “Then the officers swarmed Baraka. They threw one of the organizers to the ground. They put Baraka handcuffs and put him in an unmarked car.”

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was "outraged" by Baraka's "unjust arrest."


https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-ice/6258503/

[jalan48]

32. Things are heating up quickly.

[malaise]

33. Turn on Nicolle

Menendez on now

[red dog 1]

35. Mayor Baraka was arrested OUTSIDE the ICE detention facility & charged with Trespassing?

The mayor went inside briefly to talk with the Congressmembers, was told by the ICE Gestapo to leave, and he did leave!
He went back outside, which is where he was arrested.


There is a large crowd now protesting outside 620 Frelinghuysen Avenue, where the mayor was taken to by the Gestapo ICE agents.

[Maeve]

38. He was let in, asked to leave, DID SO but was then arrested

Reporting on MSNBC right now by Rep.Menendez (there is video)

[malaise]

40. By20 armed thugs

Let that sink in.
Every American should watch that video

[red dog 1]

42. The only video I could find of Menendez speaking about Mayor Baraka's arrest is on Instagram.

Do you have any other link besides Instagram?

[Maeve]

46. I'm watching live tv (and making supper)

Sorry...someone else will help, I'm sure

[Kid Berwyn]

37. Judges. Mayors. Elected representatives.

This is why Trump and his co-conspirators in treason should have been tried, sentenced and convicted, John Roberts.

Thanks, Putin.

[IcyPeas]

39. Fucking republicans are all complicit. This is fine by them?

Republicans should be cornered and questioned on camera every frigging day. They need to all be barraged with questions about why they support this. Ask them, find their spouses and ask them. I don't care anymore about any of them and their families.

Pressure them!!! On camera!!

[Nigrum Cattus]

41. Not guilty -

If you are on a jury remember -
If they don't play by the rules neither do we.
Even a parking ticket, not guilty

[AllaN01Bear]

43. snork

[red dog 1]

44. Here's the latest video I could find from MSNBC

[malaise]

47. Thanks

[red dog 1]

48. As far as the ICE Gestapo agents all wearing masks when they arrested Mayor Baraka, I found this on Bluesky

"If you are a democratic republic, no one working for the government should have any need to hide their identity.
Any agent of the state using force should be following the Constitution and the laws, and thus have no need to hide their face."

[malaise]

49. This is horrific

Dox them all

[live love laugh]

45. Of course he's a POC.

They really don’t have to deport very many all they have to do is keep creating these types of spectacles to make sure the threat is pervasive.

[underpants]

52. Exactly. A privately run detention center- Jeebus.

[cliffside]

50. More background of the story with links and excerpts ...

https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/newark-mayor-arrested-protesting-new-ice-detention-facility

"...The reopening of Delaney Hall has seen pushback from Newark officials, who issued a “stop work” order in late March and have filed a lawsuit against the GEO Group. See Related: Newark Issues 'Stop Work' Order On New ICE Detention Center

The city’s mayor accused ICE of opening the facility “without following proper building safety protocols” and without the necessary construction permits, continued certificates of occupancy and requests to change the building’s use.

“They failed to give city officials access to conduct inspections required under municipal ordinances and state code,” Baraka alleged. “This violates city and state law.”

And the not so great part in the above link.

"...The GEO Group and CoreCivic – which runs the Elizabeth Detention Center in Union County – have challenged the state ban in court. The administration of former president Joe Biden took the side of private prison companies in that case, arguing that ICE needed detention centers near airports to expedite operations. A judge ruled in 2023 that CoreCivic could keep its jail in Elizabeth open..."


Prison Company Foresees ‘Unprecedented' Revenue, Announces Massive Newark ICE Lock-Up
https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/prison-company-foresees-unprecedented-revenue-announces-massive-newark-ice-lock

Posted Fri, Feb 28, 2025

"...The Biden administration took the side of private prison companies in that case, arguing in federal court papers that ICE needed detention centers near airports to expedite operations.

“Without a nearby facility, turnaround cases would either remain in the airport for days waiting for their return flight, or be released into the United States with little hope that they would actually depart as required by law,” a statement of interest written by Robert Guadian, Deputy Assistant Director for Field Operations at ICE and DHS in July of 2023. “Second, forcing ICE to close the Elizabeth facility would likely prevent ICE from detaining noncitizens with violent criminal histories that are released from state and local facilities.”

In a statement, U.S. Senator Cory Booker slammed GEO Group’s new contract, saying he’d urged the Biden administration not to reopen Delaney Hall last year.

“GEO Group has a documented history of gross neglect, including malnourishment, inhumane living conditions, forced labor, and the physical and sexual abuse of people detained at its facilities. Yet this administration is cutting them a $1 billion check,” said Booker, a former Newark mayor..."


Prison Company Wants To Bring ICE Detainees To Newark – Despite NJ Ban
https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/prison-company-wants-bring-ice-detainees-newark-despite-nj-ban

"NEWARK, NJ — Nearly three years ago, New Jersey passed a landmark law that bans prisons from making deals with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold potential deportees, a move that advocates cheered as a major win. But since then, the law has been challenged in court by a private prison corporation that alleges it is “unconstitutional.”

... The GEO Group – one of the largest private prison companies in the nation – has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey state officials, seeking a way around the law in an effort to house up to 600 immigrant detainees at a detention center it owns in Newark, the New Jersey Monitor reported Friday.

...Delaney Hall also previously held up to 450 immigration detainees for ICE from 2011 through 2017, including prisoners from Texas, Louisiana and other states. It’s a source of revenue that the company is seeking to recapture – if it can navigate past New Jersey’s law.

Passed in 2021, the state law bans all prisons in the state – public or private – from making new contracts with ICE to hold federal detainees. Prisons also can’t expand or renew old agreements..."

[LiberalArkie]

51. The Trump administration is trying it best to rip NJ a new one. Air Ports, this. I imagine because Christy would not

bend the knee and kiss the ring..

Chris Christie predicts 'huge personnel problem' if Trump is reelected to 'vendetta presidency'

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chris-christie-predicts-huge-personnel-problem-trump-reelected/story?id=106971895

[stillcool]

53. this one is crazy, and the media are

stoking the fire. He was not protesting. He was there on official business because the prison was opened without getting whatever permits that were required. The media is saying he was protesting. The 3 Congress persons who were there waited 1-1/2 hours to do their business, and when they went outside the mayor was surrounded by 20 armed ICE agents, many masked. This story with the 'protest' insertion makes it so very much worse than it already is. The media is using 'protest' as an excuse. Trying to paint the mayor as doing something wrong. Trying to paint protesting as doing something wrong. Even though he was there because he's the frigging mayor.

[malaise]

55. How is this acceptable?

Chris Hayes on this now - replaying Menendez. This will not be the end of this.

Congressman and woman coming up.

[stillcool]

57. the way he describes it

between the one in Worcester yesterday, and this one today, I don't know. Way too visual, and way too close, and way too wrong.

[malaise]

58. This is crazy on steroids

Caught on camera

[stillcool]

59. feels like pedal to the metal acceleration

with a camera-ready operation. I've had my fill for this day

[bluestarone]

60. These bastards are ready to nuclear on our democracy!

They will test courts with thousands of appeals. TIME is all they need to fulfill their plans.

[B.See]

61. Anyone who didn't know we are CURRENTLY

living under a Nazi-like fascist regime, SHOULD know it by now.

[malaise]

62. Not yet

The mayor was released and so was the Tufts graduate student.
The courts are standing up.
This is coming to. Head and soon.

[B.See]

64. The fact that Trump & Co. are doing this

and will continue to, should not be ignored.

They aren't talking about ignoring the Constitution, ending birthright citizenship, arresting judges, and elected politicians, trying journalists for treason, and “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, for nought.

[malaise]

65. No one here is ignoring it n/t

[B.See]

66. Perhaps "ignoring" wasn't the accurate term to use.

It would have been more accurate to say that just because the mayor and the Tufts graduate student were released (after much protest),

doesn't mean that we in America are "not yet" currently living under a Nazi-like fascist regime.

Fact is, Trump and his minions have, under anonymity and sometimes even cover of night, entered homes, places of businesses, courtrooms, etc.

in masks, without warrant or identification, and even lured people under false pretenses for the purposes of abducting or detaining them..

...Have snatched babies from the arms of women, raided, broke and entered into the wrong homes, and have often sent their "detainees" to places unknown and sometimes for reasons unknown.

And they've given every indication that they not only plan on continuing these (illegal and unconstitutional) actions against alleged illegal immigrants and even CITIZENS, without due process, but plan on ramping them up.

And I, for one, would rather not live in a society in which the only thing keeping these fascist in check, is the occasional public OUTRAGE.

So, while I respect your opinion, it is still of MY opinion that we are currently living under a Nazi-like fascist regime.

[spanone]

63. I can't believe this shit they are pulling.

At this pace, who knows if we'll survive it.

[malaise]

67. I just want to see the lot of them in prison

Can’t wait

[ILikePie92]

69. Breaking?

Arrested again? Wha?

[malaise]

70. Fri May 9, 2025, 03:27 PM n/t

[ILikePie92]

71. Haha

Yep, thought so. Was being sarcastic