Tom Martello writes a regular column about the 2025 race for New Jersey governor. Brent Johnson writes the subscriber-only newsletter What Makes Jersey Run. They combined forces in the aftermath of Ras Baraka‘s arrest by ICE agents Friday in Newark. And just like that, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is the most talked-about politician in New Jersey.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest at an ICE facility on Friday thrust him into the national spotlight as a fighter of President Donald Trump just weeks before New Jersey Democrats decide who they want as their candidate for governor.

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka – who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor – has been charged with federal trespassing after he was arrested on Friday during a chaotic scene involving ...

The mayor has been in conflict with immigration officials ever since the privately owned facility opened in Newark.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is running for governor, was arrested at a newly opened immigration detention center in his city.

If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the first Black person elected

The arrest followed an intense struggle in which immigrant rights protestors surrounded Mayor Ray Baraka to try and prevent his arrest.

Following his arrest on trespassing charges Friday, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka released four video clips on Wednesday showing him being allowed to walk through the gate at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center, then walking out of the gate ...