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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
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