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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.
WATCH: Newark mayor compares self to biblical hero in wake of ICE protest arrest: ‘This is our David moment’
Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka compared his arrest at a federal immigration center last week to the Bible's accounts of King David, telling a crowd at a political rally in his city Tuesday afternoon that it was "our David moment.
Ras Baraka’s arrest thrust him into the national spotlight as voters make up their mind in the NJ governor’s race
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and all his primary opponents for NJ governor are arguing they can stand up to President Donald Trump.
Sharpe James, who served a record five terms as mayor of Newark, dies at 89
A dynamic, street-fighting, longtime mayor, his legacy was tarnished by a corruption conviction he never stopped challenging
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A brief electoral history of Ras Baraka
If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected
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