Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey, was taken into custody Friday afternoon at an ICE detention center after allegedly trespassing and ignoring repeated orders to leave, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a post on social media, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba said Baraka had \u201cwillingly chosen to disregard the law\u201d after ignoring repeated instructions from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to remove himself from the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center in Newark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat will not stand in this state,\u201d Habba said<\/a>. \u201cNO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The arrest followed a confrontation outside the facility that involved federal law enforcement, demonstrators, and three Democratic members of Congress \u2014 Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez, and LaMonica McIver \u2014 who had entered the facility earlier in the day in an effort to inspect the conditions inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n