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.
Trying to do code enforcement in their own city for an entity that has repeatedly ignored compliance issues, is protesting? Local aw enforcement not considered executive activity any more? This is like that cop who arrested a firefighter for not moving his vehicle while working on an accident victim.
My kitties used to produce aw enforcement.