Democrat Mayor Ras Baraka demands access to a former prison being converted into an immigration detention center amid Newark's legal battle with the prison's operator.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka showed up to at an ICE detention center that reopened in his city on Tuesday morning, claiming the facility does not have the valid permits to operate. The Democrat and his supporters were outside Delaney Hall,

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark staged a predawn demonstration outside an immigrant detention center. He argues that the facility’s owner does not have valid permits to operate.