Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, returned May 13 to the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested days earlier for trespassing while protesting the facility, which he opposes, though he denies being on its property.
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Mayor Baraka of Newark, New Jersey, arrested at immigration detention center he has been protesting
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for trespassing during a protest against a new federal immigration detention center run by the private prison company Geo Group, which he opposes due to building permit concerns and broader issues of immigrant treatment. His arrest—widely condemned by civil rights advocates—occurred despite his return to public property, and is seen by supporters as a political targeting amid his campaign for New Jersey governor.