NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was taken into custody by homeland security at an ICE facility in New Jersey on Friday afternoon, according to Alina Habba, the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,” read the social media post from Habba.
Baraka is being held at the ICE Newark field office.
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That only works if the guard accepts his orders. Legally, they have no choice. But in practical terms, large groups of heavy armed men get to make their own decisions.
They have a legal obligation to refuse every unlawful order he gives, including all these immigration policies. The military is not Trump’s personal plaything, even if he wants it to be.
You and I both know they select those least likely to think for themselves. But one can hope.
It’ll be one hell of a bluff to assume he wouldn’t call out the army and go on martial law.