Newark Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday for allegedly trespassing at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the city.
Shortly afterward, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba phoned into Fox News to gloat about it.
Baraka and three New Jersey Democratic members of Congress – Rep. Monica McIver, Rep. Bob Menendez Jr., and Bonnie Watson Coleman – visited the facility, Delaney Hall, which is anticipated will hold 1,000 immigrants. Habba tweeted about Baraka’s arrest and claimed the mayor was trespassing.
“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,” she wrote. “He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.”
Habba then joined The Story on Fox News, where host Martha MacCallum noted that the lawmakers at the facility claimed that Baraka was outside the fencing around the facility and not trespassing, and that the lawmakers were “intimidated” by federal officials.
“I’m gonna tell the truth and correct them,” Habba said. “Congresspeople have the right to investigate, and we allowed them in, number one. Number two, the mayor was actually inside the facility, was warned, was asked to leave several times. More than once, [he] refused to leave, was put under arrest inside the facility, walked out when he was told he was under arrest, and then was cuffed. That is what happened.”
Habba went on to accuse the Democrats of “grandstanding.”
“It’s called grandstanding, unfortunately,” Habba insisted. “And when you break the law, there’s no grandstanding that will help you. Period, the end.”
Habba formerly served as a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, who in March appointed her to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
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