
Ricardo Kaulessar
Culture Reporter at NorthJersey.com
Writer for the How We Live team for the USA Today Network. Proud member of @theRecordGuild. Any story tips or ideas, send to [email protected].
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5 days ago |
dailyrecord.com | Ricardo Kaulessar
3-minute readDelaney Hall, a privately operated detention center in Newark, drew national attention on Friday as Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, was arrested outside the facility by federal immigration agents. Three members of New Jersey's congressional delegation — Rep. LaMonica McIver, Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman — were detained. They are all Democrats.
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5 days ago |
usatoday.com | Ricardo Kaulessar |Eduardo Cuevas
Federal immigration agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on May 9 as he sought to enter a new immigrant detention facility in the New Jersey city. Video posted on X by a local news reporter shows Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark prison that the Trump administration has turned into an immigrant detention center. Members of Congress were visiting the detention facility as part of congressional oversight. Baraka was with U.S. Reps.
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5 days ago |
caller.com | Ricardo Kaulessar |Eduardo Cuevas
Federal immigration agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on May 9 after he sought to enter a new immigrant detention facility in the New Jersey city. Video posted on X by a local news reporter shows Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark prison that the Trump administration has turned into an immigrant detention center. Members of Congress were visiting the detention facility as part of congressional oversight. Baraka was with U.S. Reps.
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5 days ago |
postcrescent.com | Ricardo Kaulessar
Video posted on Twitter (now X) by News 12 NJ shows Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark detention center. Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba posted on Twitter (now called X) Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations."Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on the afternoon of May 9, according to social media posts and other sources.
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5 days ago |
app.com | Ricardo Kaulessar
Video posted on Twitter (now X) by News 12 NJ shows Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark detention center. Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba posted on Twitter (now called X) Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations."Federal immigration agents arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on May 9 as he sought to enter a new immigrant detention facility in the New Jersey city.
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