.@USAttyHabba on the arrest of the Newark mayor for trespassing at an ICE detention facility holding vicious illegal immigrant gang members: “It’s called grandstanding … When you break the law, there’s no grandstanding that will help you.” pic.twitter.com/iIaPsX1Z4l
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 9, 2025
“HSI did absolutely everything correct,” she underlined. Grandstanding will not help you when you breach the law. The end, period.
Baraka has been an outspoken opponent of the prison’s procedures, saying that a previous inspection found infractions that put facility employees, detainees, and first responders in danger.
Fire inspectors cited Delaney Hall for three code infractions, according to Newark officials. In response, Baraka promised to demonstrate at the establishment every day until it is closed.
In comments cited by local media earlier this week, Baraka stated, “We want them to follow our rules, follow our laws.”
As of Friday night, neither Baraka’s campaign nor his attorneys had made any announcements about their intentions to contest the arrest.
The event has reignited discussions over local governments’ power to control or prohibit federal immigration centers operating within their borders.
