Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka compared his arrest at a federal immigration center last week to the Bible's accounts of King David, telling a crowd at a political rally in his city Tuesday afternoon that it was "our David moment.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and all his primary opponents for NJ governor are arguing they can stand up to President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration warned three Democratic lawmakers Saturday that arrests are “on the table” after they participated in a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, where the city’s Mayor Ras Baraka was collared.

New Jersey Democrats accuse the Trump administration of spreading “lies and misinformation” about events that led to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries warned the Trump administration not to pursue charges against three Democratic Representatives who were on scene lask week when Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested trying to inspect an ICE facility in Newark,

An NJ Advance Media reporter on the scene said security for ICE allowed the mayor and the city’s lawyer beyond the gates. The congress members were already on the other side of the gate at this time. However, none of the video released by the Department of Homeland Security shows the interaction.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.

Tensions are rising in New Jersey after Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside a federal immigration detention center