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5 days ago | gloucestercitynews.net | Sophie Nieto-Munoz |Dorothy Philbin |Joe Ball

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor May 9, 2025NEWARK, NJ (May 10, 2025)--Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and one of six Democrats running to be New Jersey’s next governor, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents Friday during a protest at an immigrant detention center in Newark, according to his campaign. Barak’s arrest comes just over a week after the migrant jail, Delaney Hall, opened its doors as the largest detention center on the east coast.

6 days ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

NEWARK — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested Friday and accused of trespassing at an immigration detention center, was released from custody hours after his detainment to cheers from hundreds of supporters. Baraka, a Democrat, walked out of the federal building where he was being held just before 8 p.m. to the strains of “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” by McFadden & Whitehead blaring through speakers that had been set up by protestors.

6 days ago | phillyvoice.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

With just days to go before NJ Transit train engineers potentially walk off the job, the CEO of the state's transit agency again traded barbs with the engineers union, and both sides are predicting that a strike will begin next week. Appearing at Newark Penn Station on Tuesday, NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri said the latest offer from the union, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, would give the average engineer a $90,000 salary hike, to $225,000.

6 days ago | newsfromthestates.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and one of six Democrats running to be New Jersey’s next governor, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents Friday during a protest at an immigrant detention center in Newark, according to his campaign. Barak’s arrest comes just over a week after the migrant jail, Delaney Hall, opened its doors as the largest detention center on the east coast.

6 days ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor May 9, 2025 Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark and one of six Democrats running to be New Jersey’s next governor, was arrested and detained by federal immigration agents Friday, according to his campaign. This comes just over a week after the migrant jail, Delaney Hall, opened its doors as the largest detention center on the east coast.