Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside Delaney Hall immigrant detention centre on May 7, ...

A trio of U.S. House Democrats from New Jersey whose visit to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center went off the rails Friday and devolved into a scuffle with federal ...

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NEWARK, New Jersey — The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, was handcuffed and detained by federal officials on Friday at a protest of an ...

A trio of Democratic lawmakers say they were justified in "storming" an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, last week, arguing that President Donald Trump's administration is "weaponizing law ...

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman and other protestors demand the release of Baraka after his arrest at an ICE detention prison on May 9 in Newark, New Jersey. | Angelina Katsanis/AP The interim U.S ...

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside Delaney Hall immigrant detention centre on May 7, 2025. Credit - Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images Once a halfway house ...