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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued Alina Habba over his arrest outside a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-appointed attorney pursued the case out of political spite.
Two of the four detainees who escaped from a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention center have been recaptured, according ...
I want somebody to apologize, write a letter, say this was wrong, come out and say, ‘We shouldn’t have done this,’” Baraka said.
Ras Baraka was first elected mayor of Newark back in 2014. Under his leadership, the city "achieved a 60-year low in crime," ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba over his arrest by ICE agents outside ...
Two of four men who broke out of an immigration jail in Newark have been recaptured, authorities said Sunday. Joel Enrique ...
The Newark mayor has influenced the way city schools are run. But despite citywide efforts to help improve academic outcomes, ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against the US Attorney for New Jersey on Tuesday over his arrest last month while ...
It’s time to reimagine New Jersey. Ras J. Baraka a Newark native, poet, and educator, is the transformative mayor of the City ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has filed a federal lawsuit, after he was arrested by masked federal agents outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail in Newark. “They arrested me without any ...
Democrat Ras Baraka also accuses New Jersey prosecutor of defamation for her remarks about incident at detention facility.
The unapologetically progressive mayor was arrested at an immigration detention center. Now, he's hoping to capitalize on that momentum in the governor's race.