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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a apical Democratic gubernatorial campaigner successful New Jersey, was arrested connected Friday for trespassing astatine an ICE holding facility successful Newark during a protest.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the incident, which took spot astatine the Delaney Hall ICE detention center, a "beyond bizarre governmental stunt" that "puts the information of our instrumentality enforcement agents and the detainees astatine risk."
The situation presently holds alleged killers, MS-13 pack members and accused kid rapists, among different transgression offenders.
U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced that Baraka, 1 of the starring Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, was arrested connected Friday for his engagement successful the incident.
"The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored aggregate warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to region himself from the ICE detention halfway successful Newark, New Jersey this afternoon," said Habba. "He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That volition not basal successful this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW."
Top Democratic gubernatorial campaigner Ras Baraka was arrested connected Friday for trespassing astatine an ICE holding installation successful Newark during a protest. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig | Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Local outlet Insider NJ reported that a spokesperson for Baraka’s run confirmed the arrest, saying that helium "was arrested and detained by ICE" and that helium was being transported to the Homeland Security Investigations Newark tract office.
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News that Reps. Rob Menendez Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, each New Jersey Democrats, were besides progressive successful the incidental and rushed done the facility’s gates, demanding they beryllium allowed to behaviour an "oversight visit."
The lawmakers were held up astatine the archetypal checkpoint.
Baraka, who has been protesting the facility’s opening for months, was a regular beingness astatine protests extracurricular the gathering passim the week.
Baraka has said that utilizing Delaney Hall for processing radical successful the state illegally goes against authorities and section law, starring the metropolis to file a lawsuit successful the Essex County Superior Court astatine the extremity of March.
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Members of Congress and protestors attempted to participate the Delaney Hall Detention Center successful Newark, New Jersey. (X / @RepBonnie)
In a property league connected Monday, Baraka said that GEO Group, the backstage institution moving the prison, is "following the signifier of the president of the United States who believes that helium tin conscionable bash what helium wants to bash and obscure the laws, nationalist and law laws, and they deliberation they tin bash the aforesaid happening successful the authorities of New Jersey and successful Newark."
Commenting connected the arrest, New Jersey Sen. Jon Bramnick, a GOP gubernatorial candidate, told Fox News that "it doesn’t truly astonishment maine due to the fact that he's been warring the opening of Delaney Hall since it opened" and that the politician "wasn’t precise pleased with ICE taking implicit Delaney Hall."
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., who is besides a campaigner for governor, condemned the arrest, calling it an "absolute outrage."
Sherill said that Baraka "needs to beryllium released immediately."
Another Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Steven Fulop, who is politician of Jersey City, besides condemned the arrest, saying, "We’re watching lines get crossed successful existent time" and that "this is simply a unsafe precedent."
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks aft the Democratic gubernatorial statement astatine Rider University successful Lawrenceville, New Jersey, connected Feb. 2. (AP photo/Mike Catalini)
Meanwhile, Jack Ciattarelli, different GOP campaigner for New Jersey governor, called Baraka’s actions a "cheap publicity stunt."
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"In Newark, the airdrome is successful the midst of an unprecedented & unsafe meltdown, the nationalist schools are failing students & families, and determination is transgression successful the streets each day. And yet its Mayor and starring Democrat campaigner for Governor, [Ras Baraka], is engaged shilling for amerciable Immigrants astatine an ICE detention halfway with a inexpensive publicity stunt. Shameful," helium posted connected X.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and Cameron Arcand and Fox News Channel's Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
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