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 center ...

Congressional Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was also charged with assault Monday night following a visit to a newly opened immigration detention center in Newark.

The arrest has catapulted Baraka to national prominence as he is seeking to be the state’s next governor. His arrest has already become a partisan flashpoint, with Republicans and conservative ...

Accounts differ of what transpired just before Newark Mayor Ras Baraka‘s arrest by federal agents Friday afternoon during a confrontation at Delaney Hall that included three members of Congress.