Mayor #Baraka "committed trespass & ignored multiple warnings" from DHS officials who told him to leave the facility, alleged #AlinaHabba, fmr #Trump defense atty & interim #USattorney for #NewJersey.

"He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody," Habba, wrote on X.

"NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW," she added.
[except your boss, apparently]

#law #AmericanAutocracy #dissent #dictatorship #tyranny

#Baraka, 55, is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NewJersey. Kabir Moss, a spox for Baraka's campaign, confirmed the #arrest at the facility #DelaneyHall.

At least 3 #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center, acc/to a post from Rep #BonnieWatsonColeman.

…The mayor's admin filed a lawsuit in late March to block the opening of the #Newark #immigrant #detention facility, arguing its operators failed to obtain the proper permits & violated city code.

#Trump #law #dissent

#Trump #DHS spox Tricia McLaughlin in a *statement* [propaganda] called the incident "a bizarre political stunt" by a group of #protesters.

The group that included members of #Congress "*stormed* the gate & *broke into* the detention facility" as a busload of detainees entered a security gate, McLaughlin said.

The protesters "holed up in a guard shack, the first security check point," she said.

[problematically for her there’s video]

#law #AmericanAutocracy #dissent #dictatorship #tyranny

You can see in this video from Axios of Mayor #Baraka's #arrest, the incident took place outside the high gates surrounding the detention facility.

The throng of people is mainly made up of press trying to record the arrest.

#Trump #law #AmericanAutocracy #dissent #dictatorship #tyranny
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/newark-ice-facility-ras-baraka-arrested-democrats

More video disputes #AlinaHabba & #DHS spox version of events. This video via Marco Foster also shows #Newark Mayor #RasBaraka’s arrest occurred outside the detention facility’s gates.

[folks will get a good chuckle out of the comments at the end]
#Trump #law #AmericanAutocracy #dissent #dictatorship #tyranny

Listening to #NJ Rep #RobMenendez interview on MSNBC, the #RasBaraka arrest was even worse than I thought. The 3 congresspeople did not go to the facility to protest. They went to view the facility because the mayor hasn’t been able to gain access. Congress members are legally allowed to visit detention centers without notice to perform oversight. The 3 reps entered , the mayor did not. They were asked to wait. They’d been waiting for 1½ hours.

1/
#Trump #law #immigration #AmericanAutocracy

Rep #RobMenendez said #ICE agents learned Mayor #Baraka was outside the facility. Menendez said the agents “were on the phone with somebody” who told them to let the Mayor in, then escort him back out beyond the facility gates. The agents did exactly that. Once beyond the gates they arrested him.

That is insane.

[full disclosure, I was walking the dog while listening & may have missed details]

2/

#Trump #law #immigration #RasBaraka #GoodTrouble #AmericanAutocracy