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Fri May 16, 2025, 03:14 AM May 16

Alina Habba taunted with boos and shouts of 'shame' as she arrives at hearing for arrested Newark mayor [View all]

Source: The Independent

Thursday 15 May 2025 20:28 BST


Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the state of New Jersey, faced a crowd of protesters outside a federal courthouse where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka made his first court appearance after federal agents arrested him for trespassing outside an immigration detention center last week.

Habba, Donald Trump’s personal attorney, was surrounded by a chorus of boos and chants of “shame” as she walked up the courthouse steps on Thursday.

Baraka was arrested outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Elizabeth on May 9 as the mayor and members of Congress demanded answers from the administration about the conditions inside, marking a major escalation of immigration protests surrounding the facility.

Videos from a chaotic scene of his arrest showed masked federal officers pushing against demonstrators and a group of House Democrats from New Jersey before Baraka was placed in handcuffs.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alina-habba-ras-baraka-newark-mayor-b2751926.html

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