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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka compared ICE to slave catchers weeks before arrest at detention facility
Slave owners would “have people chasing, catching you — it wasn’t called ICE then,” Baraka said during the April 13 gubernatorial campaign event in Willingboro.
Ras Baraka Blasts Alina Habba After Arrest: 'Get Better Information'
The Newark, New Jersey, mayor has responded to accusations of trespass at an ICE facility from interim U.S. Attorney Alina ...
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Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”
On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will ...
Judge Tells DOJ To 'Operate With A Higher Standard' After Newark Mayor's Arrest
The DOJ charged Ras Baraka with trespassing outside an ICE facility, then dropped the charges. A federal judge called the DOJ ...
Another judge rebukes Habba
During a hearing in Newark yesterday over Ras Baraka’s dropped ICE facility trespassing charge, U.S. Magistrate Judge André M ...
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New Baraka ad highlights arrest as Trump resistance
In a new campaign ad touting his ability to stand up to President Donald Trump, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka highlighted his arrest that came while seeking to ...
Hot Mic Catches Aftermath of Judge Ripping Trump’s Prosecutors a ‘New A**hole’
New Jersey interim attorney Alina Habba had filed—then dropped—trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
Trump will ‘get all of you.’ Manager caught on tape threatening ICE raids at Baraka-backed hotel.
Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for governor and backer of the hotel, is a vocal critic of President Donald Trump‘s ...