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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.
The contrast between ICE officers in camouflage fatigues and the “nice old ladies” protesting outside the immigrant detention center might have been comic if not for the guns and plastic wrist cuffs the officers carried and the violent confrontation between Newark Police and other demonstrators the night before.
Worcester City Hall is closing to the public early today ahead of a planned protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The ICE protest is expected to draw hundreds at the same time as a City Council meeting inside.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.
Tom Homan, the former Trump-era border official, has criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, urging her to focus on legislative solutions instead of ques
A protest was held in Worcester, demanding ICE "stop taking mothers" after immigration officials detained a woman last week.
A group of protesters said government agencies have not been transparent about the people still in ICE custody following last month's raid of an illegal nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Ben Cohen was one of seven people who were arrested at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing Wednesday.