Newark immigration detention center incident
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Mayor Ras Baraka (left) and Congresswoman LaMonica McIver faced criminal charges for their role in the incident, although Baraka's charges were later dropped | |
| Date | May 9, 2025 |
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| Location | Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey |
| Arrests | Mayor Ras Baraka (charges dropped) |
| Accused | Rep. LaMonica McIver (charges pending) |
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| Immigration policy of the second Trump administration |
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| Authoritarian drift in the United States during the second Trump administration |
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On May 9, 2025, a confrontation and subsequent skirmish between law enforcement and four Democratic politicians occurred at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey. Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, was arrested and charged with trespassing, but the charges were later dropped. LaMonica McIver, one of the three U.S. Representatives from New Jersey involved, was later charged with three counts of assaulting or interfering with a federal officer. McIver rejected the charges as an attempt at political intimidation.