Newark Mayor Ras Baraka arrested while protesting ICE detention facility he vowed to shut down

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents Friday afternoon while protesting outside of an ICE detention facility he’s vowed to shut down.

Video posted to X at just after 3 p.m. by News 12 New Jersey reporter Amanda Lee shows Baraka, with his hands cuffed behind his back, being led away from the detention center by a Homeland Security Investigations officer.

Baraka “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody,” Alina Habba, the acting US Attorney for the District of New Jersey wrote in a 3:05 p.m. X post, adding “NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.”

On Tuesday, the same day the facility was reopened, Baraka vowed to shut it down, claiming it does not have the permits to operate.

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