Sen. Andy Kim (D., N.J.), said video footage showed the mayor outside the facility’s gates at the time of his arrest. Kim called his arrest “shocking” and called for Baraka‘s release ...

Partisan sparks are expected to fly on Tuesday ... while a charge of trespassing against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is being dropped. McIver called the charge "purely political." ...

All of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s primary opponents came to his defense Friday after the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor was arrested at Delaney Hall, a newly opened ICE detention ...