A protest at a new immigration detention facility in New Jersey descended into an uproar on Friday, as Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested and multiple congressional Democrats decried severe treatment from federal law enforcement.
The aggressive moves mark a rapid escalation in the Trump administration’s ongoing confrontations with Democratic public officials, who have criticized the administration’s targeting of undocumented immigrants and deportations.
New Jersey’s interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, until recently President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, put out a statement Friday afternoon accusing Baraka of refusing to abide by commands from federal law enforcement.