Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was released from federal custody Friday evening after immigration agents arrested him after he sought to enter a new immigrant detention facility in New Jersey's largest ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, said he believes federal prosecutors tried to humiliate him by forcing him to give fingerprints and take a second mugshot during his May 15 processing.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested by ICE agents. News12 New Jersey “When you break the law, there’s no grandstanding that will help you. Period, the end,” she said.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...

The Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, walked free Friday night after spending hours in federal custody following his arrest at the controversial Delaney Hall immigration detention center ...

Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was briefly arrested at an ICE detention center. The arrest occurred during an unannounced inspection by members of New Jersey's congressional delegation ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court Thursday for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court Thursday for a status conference on the Trump administration’s charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last ...

Newark mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka speaks to reporters after a protest in front of of Delaney Hall, the proposed site of an immigrant detention center, in Newark, N.J., March 11 ...

Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark and New Jersey’s Democratic candidate for governor, speaks outside the Newark Federal Courthouse, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., May 15, 2025.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to protesters outside of Delaney Hall, a recently re-opened immigration detention center, in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...