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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Reacts After Arrest at ICE Facility: 'Humiliating'

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Executive Director Amol Sinha, in a statement sent to Newsweek via email on Friday: "The arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka by the Department of Homeland Security is a shameful escalation of the Trump administration's intimidation campaign against officials who refuse to do their bidding."

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Inside the weeks long legal battle at ICE facility that led to N.J. mayor’s arrest

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested while trying to inspect Delaney Hall, deepening the city’s legal fight with a private prison contractor.

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested at ICE facility while joining Democrats to conduct 'oversight'

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was arrested on Friday while joining members of Congress at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, according to interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba.

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Ras Baraka’s arrest draws strong partisan reactions as his N.J. primary opponents call for his release

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for governor, was arrested at a newly opened immigration detention center in his city ...

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released after arrest at ICE detention center Delaney Hall

What was the reaction to Ras Baraka's apparent arrest? ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha said in a statement, "The ...

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Mayors call arrest of Newark, N.J., mayor ‘deeply troubling’

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest during his attempt to inspect a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

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Far-left mayor arrested at ICE facility denies impeding law enforcement, says protest 'absolutely' effective

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.

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NJ Democrats calling for immediate release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after arrest

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement: "Arresting public officials for peacefully protesting violates the most basic principles of our democracy. The arrest of Mayor Baraka ...

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