Dems protest with song outside of a New Jersey ICE facility
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The contrast between ICE officers in camouflage fatigues and the “nice old ladies” protesting outside the immigrant detention center might have been comic if not for the guns and plastic wrist cuffs the officers carried and the violent confrontation between Newark Police and other demonstrators the night before.
Tens of thousands of protesters will converge nationwide today and scattered across New Jersey for May Day Strong protests to decry what they call corrupt, lawless and predatory politics from President Donald Trump and billionaire backers like Elon Musk.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.
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"I didn't do anything wrong": New Jersey mayor released after arrest at ICE center protestNewark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after being arrested by federal officials at a protest outside an immigration detention center in the city. Baraka was held in custody for five hours on Friday before he was let go around 8 p.m., The ...
House Republican introduces resolution to boot New Jersey Democrat Reps from committees over protest
Authorities claim this went well beyond a peaceful protest, as the three members of Congress allegedly stormed the facility, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and charged with trespassing.
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.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
A tense standoff at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, escalated into chaos on Friday, May 9, when Congresswoman LaMonica McIver
Linda Baraka, the mayor’s wife, accused the federal government of targeting her husband, who has aggressively pushed back against the construction and
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Raw Story on MSN'Lost their minds!' GOP wants to strip Dem colleagues of key roles after ICE protestThree Democratic lawmakers could lose their committee seats after rushing into a New Jersey detention facility last week in support of undocumented migrants being held by ICE, Fox News Digital reported Tuesday.