A federal judge dismissed a case against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after he was arrested outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in New Jersey earlier this month — and attacked the Justice Department for pursuing it.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is denying that he trespassed at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center and charged with trespassing while visiting the facility with members of Congress.

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.

Federal prosecutors allege Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor.

Ludwin Quintero-Rojas was arrested in Newark by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. He had been arrested in NJ four times for shoplifting.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside a detention center.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested by federal agents last week and accused of trespassing at an immigration jail in his city, said Thursday that the case against him is an attack on due process and the rule of law.