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NJ mayor slams 'egregious' ICE raid: 'Newark will not stand by idly'

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24.01.2025

The mayor of Newark, N.J. slammed the “egregious” raid by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who, he says, raided a local establishment and detained undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens.

Mayor Ras Baraka said ICE performed the Thursday raid without a warrant and the military veteran who was detained “suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”

Baraka added the raid was a “plain violation” of the Fourth Amendment.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka talks with the media at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday, August 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

“Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized,” Baraka said in a

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