Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark and New Jersey Democratic candidate for governor, prepares to deal with the media exterior the Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) Newark subject workplace the place he was detained following his arrest exterior a U.S. immigration detention heart, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., Might 9, 2025. REUTERS/Bing Guan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
An “emergency rally” in Manhattan on Saturday goals to criticize the Trump administration after ICE brokers arrested Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka and accosted a number of Members of Congress exterior a federal detention heart Friday.
Baraka, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, was taken into custody Friday after trying an unannounced inspection of Delaney Corridor, a privately run ICE facility in Newark. The arrest got here throughout a protest the place Baraka was joined by elected officers, together with two New Jersey members of Congress.
The Working Households Get together (WFP), which is organizing the two p.m. rally at Foley Sq., referred to as the arrest “an attempt to intimidate [Baraka] and elected leaders across the country who refuse to cower to Trump and his deportation machine.”
Baraka was launched Friday night. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” he mentioned. “I went to Delaney Hall to support my Congress people.”
Homeland Safety Investigations (HSI) and Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) brokers watch a protest by supporters of Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark and New Jersey Democratic candidate for governor, exterior the HSI Newark subject workplace following Baraka?s arrest exterior a U.S. immigration detention heart, in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., Might 9, 2025. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Alina Habba, performing U.S. legal professional and a former lawyer to Donald Trump, claimed on X that Baraka “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings” to go away the premises.
Witnesses mentioned ICE brokers additionally bodily pushed US Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Robert Menendez Jr. — all New Jersey Democrats – in the course of the incident.
The WFP claims Baraka “was acting in his official capacity, conducting oversight over an immigration detention facility, when ICE illegally arrested him.”
“If Trump can do this to an elected official in Newark,” the group warned, “he’ll do this to an elected official in New York — and New Yorkers across the city must fight back.”
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries echoed these issues.
“The concerns of elected officials about this unsanctioned facility will not be silenced by the Trump administration’s attempt to intimidate the public,” he mentioned. “We will never bend the knee. Keep your hands off of Members of Congress.”
Saturday’s rally will embrace teams reminiscent of Make the Street Motion, New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, and NYIC Motion. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander, and Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani are anticipated to talk; Lander and Mamdani are operating for NYC mayor.
