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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested May 9, 2025, at Delaney Hall, a Newark detention center ICE said in February it was imminently reopening. He was released later that night after being accused of trespassing, and the confrontation widened the fight over the facility and the administration’s immigration push.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested May 9, 2025, at Delaney Hall, a Newark detention center ICE said in February it was imminently reopening. He was released later that night after being accused of trespassing, and the confrontation widened the fight over the facility and the administration’s immigration push.
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