Newark, NJ, Mayor Arrested After Storming ICE Facility
The mayor and three members of Congress invaded the facility without permission.
Authorities arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing and ignoring warnings from the feds to leave an ICE facility.
The facility holds alleged violent criminals, such as MS-13 gang members and child rapists.
“Baraka reportedly entered the federal facility without authorization and refused to leave when ordered,” reported Shore News Network. “Homeland Security Investigations issued repeated directives for the mayor to remove himself from the premises, which he allegedly ignored.”
Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center after an argument with agents. Members of congress here for a scheduled visit, were shoved after trying to include Baraka in conversations after he gained entry through the gate.@news12nj #newark @News12NJ pic.twitter.com/6UDQWiIhQ7
— Amanda Lee (@amandaleetv) May 9, 2025
Fox News reported that the City of Newark filed a lawsuit against GEO Group, alleging “it failed to permit entry to safety inspectors and violated city construction code, including by conducting electrical and plumbing renovations without proper oversight.”
ICE says earlier this week, the city of Newark placed a bulldozer at the entrance of the facility in an effort to block access.
Photo provided to FOX via ICE. pic.twitter.com/9Q4nzAKrZz
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 9, 2025
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba wrote on X:
The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center 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. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this…
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) May 9, 2025
Baraka and three New Jersey congresspeople stormed the Delaney Hill ICE detention center on Friday.
Reps. Rob Menendez Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman, and LaMonica McIver demanded officials allow them “to conduct an ‘oversight visit,'” according to Fox News.
“These members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at risk,” DHS told Fox News. “Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility. This is an evolving situation.”
We’re at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances.
We’ve heard stories of what it’s like in other ICE prisons. We’re exercising our oversight authority to see for ourselves.@RepLaMonica @RepMenendez pic.twitter.com/OIJuePH2XS
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) May 9, 2025
As congressional members, we have the power to conduct oversight. That’s what we’re here to do.@RepBonnie @RepMenendez pic.twitter.com/VqfNC56xNi
— Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) May 9, 2025
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FAFO
Sounds like an Insurrection to me.
Certainly NOT a MENSA gathering.
Yes, but not a Legal Insurrection.
Sounds Muslim
His father was LeRoi Jones before Black Muslimism became trendy among the troublemakers.
Always the poor spelling…
He should run for Cory Bookers seat.
Lots of guys run for Cory Bookers seat…
winnnnnerrrrrrr!
Are the federal government or its contractors subject to local building or zoning codes?
https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/98384/are-the-federal-government-or-its-contractors-subject-to-local-building-or-zonin
It depends on the level of jurisdiction the feds have over the property. Federal jurisdiction over property can range from proprietary interest only (as merely the owner or lessor) to having exclusive jurisdiction over the property, with several grades of of shared jurisdiction between those two levels. Everything past the first grade mentioned above has to be based on an agreement between the feds and the state within with the federal insular possession resides. Which is to day, with the necessary agreement in place, it’s possible the premises is exempt from some or all state laws and regulations.
Don’t you know who we are???
Yes, you’re number 349821.
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And here I thought I was number 6
Ahh no comments on the Prisoner reference. Sad.
Raises middle finger and replies. “Number 1?”
Huh, pushing past security, ignoring commands to exit and members of the group trespassing in an unauthorized Federal area scuffle with LEO in an attempt to interfere with the operations of a Branch of Federal Gov’t? Seems very much like the J6 ‘insurrection’ if we apply the same criteria so ….no whining when/if these folks get run through the same sort of overreaching law fare gauntlet as the J6 folks.
You or I would have been shot.
The day is young for them.
That’s called Black Privilege.
No one wants to defend themselves for fear of being the next Derek Chauvin.
Go to any federal building or courthouse and even if you are fully compliant, unless you know someone or are considered to be an important person, you will be treated rudely and threateningly by the marshals guarding the entry.
if you do what these clowns did, you go directly to lock-up.
They should have put them in a closed room with the inmates and ignored the sounds coming out of it.
Is it their turn to sit in jail for 4 years (or more, because I don’t think they will get a POTUS sympathetic enough to pardon for 12-16 years)?
On the note of prosecuting….. Trump should also resume federal charges and prosecution against all those Portland antifa members who sieged the federal building in PDX.
You know those are the same domestic terrorists behind half the stuff going down right now.
In case you haven’t noticed, Trump is doing absolutely nothing about it. But hey, TRUMP FOR POPE! On Truth Social no less! That’s the ticket!
Shut up, you idiot.
Something is wrong with your brain. Are you eating foods and consuming beverages with red and blue food dyes again?
Probably just sucking down the dyes themselves.
Let’s not forget that Michael Leroy Byrd hasn’t had an opportunity to tell his side of the story to a jury of his peers.
The congressmen belong behind bars as well.
Check Menendez Jr. for gold nuggets in his pockets.
and teeth
Mug shots. We need mug shots and a video of the perp walk.
I guess someone needs to explain that their “Oversight Authority” typically doesn’t go beyond the committee room door. It certainly doesn’t extend to forcing you way into secure facilities.
My question is why is only the Mayor under arrest? They should have charged the Congress Critters as well.
HSI wanted to send a message to mischief-making sanctuary city mayors.
If the Congresspersons had been arrested, it would have inspired countless congressional copycats who have collective strength as colleagues. Mayors, on the other hand, can be picked off one by one. There’s less collegiality among them so it’s harder for them to present a unified front. They all have skeletons in their closets, of course, and the good guys on the hill can stick it to the mayors without fear of what goes around comes around.
These Congress critters aren’t protected by the “Speech and Debate” clause when they aren’t in the well of the house. I guess at some point it’s FAFO.
The ‘speech and debate clause’ is not an issue here. They pushed into a facility during a prisoner transfer/arrival distracting and causing chaos that interfered with operations. Additional footage is out showing the Female member of Congress in red aggressively/violently pushing/shoving personnel, then body checking (like hockey) two separate ICE officers. More footage allegedly forthcoming which is claimed to show the same member ‘body slam’ a female ICE agent. She at minimum committed multiple felonies of assault on LEO + trespass + obstruction. Arrest and prosecute at minimum.
Feds to Newark: the check is not in the mail. Will get back to you on that in, .., awhile.
It’s nice to know that it’s Friday and these Congress critters and the mayor don’t have jobs they have to be at, so they can be playing Che Guevara at the Bastille, looking to release the poor illegal alien rapists, murderers, and gang-bangers.
Rob Menendez is the cherry on top, though. He’s just trying to be a big enough PITA so that someone slips him a gold bar or two to shut up and go away for a while.
setting up maga!!
same way they lied about trumps crimes
while they were in fact/actually committing crimes
now they are getting arrested for once again actually committing crimes
and then they will use that as the pretext to arresting gop pols that they merely disagree with and/or make up charges for while they say ..
welll they arrested our mayors etc first..so we are justified
for dems its street cred to be arrested
no fear on any job applications etc
That sound you hear is the shattering of the social contract where the same law is supposed to apply to everyone.
Subotai Bahadur
He’s already out and bleating to CNN.
Baraka’s father, originally named LeRoi Jones, was quite a piece of work. Please see this.
Additionally, Ras Barak’s wife has a rap sheet for tax evasion.
Notice that the continued lawlessness across America is practiced only by demonrats.
Late to comment, but where were these Congress members on January 6? Did any of them ever make an oversight trip to the DC jail and how those people were treated?
That (D)ifferent.
How many times were congressional Republicans denied access to ICE facilities on the border?
Too many to count. Ted Cruz was denied multiple times
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