Newark, trespass and Mayor Ras Baraka
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Ludwin Quintero-Rojas was arrested in Newark by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. He had been arrested in NJ four times for shoplifting.
According to the complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, McIver arrived at Delaney Hall on May 9, allegedly to conduct a congressional oversight inspection.
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver will make her first court appearance Wednesday after being charged with assaulting two federal agents at an immigrant detention facility in Newark earlier this month. McIver was there with two other members of Congress on May 9 to conduct what they claimed were their congressionally-mandated oversight duties,
Attorneys for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) accused the Trump administration on Thursday of “selective prosecution” as he made his first court appearance on misdemeanor trespassing charges since his arrest last week amid a tense scene that played out in an immigration detention center.
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Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for governor and backer of the hotel, is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump‘s immigration crackdown.
Before becoming mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka called for leniency in a case related to the leader of a violent street gang.
Federal officials share new claims about NJ reps storming a detention site and body-slamming officers, to which Newark's mayor and one of the Congress members say is not what happened.
The 25-year-old says conditions inside the facility are subpar, the water "undrinkable," and the food "salty and stale."