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Ricardo Kaulessar

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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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  • 1 day ago | northjersey.com | Ricardo Kaulessar

    The cricket-curious and diehard fans alike can watch televised play via cricket channel Willow TV and its website, www.willow.tv. New Jerseyans who have never watched a cricket match in person can check out the New Jersey Premier Cricket League or the Cricket League of New Jersey.

  • 2 days ago | northjersey.com | Ricardo Kaulessar

    Supporters of Palestinian activist and Paterson resident Leqaa Kordia joined with immigrant advocates at a solidarity rally outside Delaney Hall in Newark on June 5. Kordia is currently being held at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. In April 2024, Kordia took part in a demonstration against Israel’s military excursion into Gaza near Columbia University.

  • 3 days ago | northjersey.com | Ricardo Kaulessar

    The Immigrant Trust Act, currently pending in the Legislature, would limit New Jersey state and local agencies from sharing personal information with ICE or assisting federal officers in the field. New Jersey is home to an estimated 475,000 undocumented immigrants, the Pew Research Center says, and overall, 2.3 million immigrants, nearly a quarter of the state's population.

  • 4 days ago | northjersey.com | Ricardo Kaulessar

    Baraka was arrested by federal agents after a May 9 visit to the immigrant detention center with New Jersey Congress members LaMonica McIver, Rob Menendez and Bonnie Watson Coleman. In the lawsuit, Baraka said that based on an order by Patel to Homeland Security officers during the Delaney Hall visit to "take him down," the agents pushed, shoved, and assaulted his security team. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his arrest outside Delaney Hall last month.

  • 4 days ago | yahoo.com | Ricardo Kaulessar

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his arrest outside Delaney Hall in May. Baraka announced the lawsuit on June 3 in front of federal court in Newark. In the lawsuit, he names Habba and Homeland Security Special Agent Ricky Patel, claiming he was subject to "false arrest and malicious prosecution" in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.

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Ricardo Kaulessar
Ricardo Kaulessar @RICARDOKAUL
9 May 25

RT @northjersey: Video posted on Twitter (now X) shows Ras Baraka being led off in handcuffs while visiting Delaney Hall, the Newark ICE de…

Ricardo Kaulessar
Ricardo Kaulessar @RICARDOKAUL
5 May 25

Newark's Delaney Hall has reopened for immigrant detention despite lawsuit over violations https://t.co/kZlhV8P6CV via @NorthJersey

Ricardo Kaulessar
Ricardo Kaulessar @RICARDOKAUL
1 May 25

RT @northjersey: Black residents are leaving these three NJ cities. What else to know from this new report https://t.co/gSiLdVSCOA