McIver, New Jersey and ICE
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A Colombian national with an outstanding criminal warrant in his home country was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier
Mayor Ras Baraka, who faces trespassing charges, was again denied entry to Delaney Hall by armed ICE officers.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.
Before becoming mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka called for leniency in a case related to the leader of a violent street gang.
Federal officials share new claims about NJ reps storming a detention site and body-slamming officers, to which Newark's mayor and one of the Congress members say is not what happened.
The 25-year-old says conditions inside the facility are subpar, the water "undrinkable," and the food "salty and stale."