The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city walked into a federal immigration facility Thursday and refused to leave until authorities arrested him, causing a showdown between local and federal law enforcement.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody after allegedly ignoring “multiple warnings from federal authorities to vacate the ICE detention center in Newark,” according to reporting by Shore News Network. — Read the rest
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