The federal trespassing charge against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been dismissed after his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced.
While the case against Baraka was dropped Monday, Habba announced her officed charged Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, who was at the ICE facility when the mayor was taken into custody.
U.S. attorney drops charge against Mayor Ras Baraka
Baraka’s arrest happened outside Delaney Hall, an ICE facility housing migrants in Newark, on May 9 during a visit with members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation.
“After extensive consideration, we have agreed to dismiss Mayor Baraka’s misdemeanor charge of trespass for the sake of moving forward,” Habba said in a statement posted to social media Monday…