'Get Some Better Information': Newark Mayor Slams Trump Adviser Who Justified His Arrest

Ras Baraka was arrested Friday while protesting the reopening of an immigrant detention center. The arrest was publicly defended by interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested Friday while protesting against a new local immigration detention center, is addressing a claim from New Jersey’s interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba that he had “ignored multiple warnings” — and thus deserved to be detained.

Baraka was held for more than an hour and joined CNN’s “The Source” later that evening.

“The reality is Alina Habba wasn’t there,” the Democrat told host Kaitlan Collins. “The U.S. Attorney wasn’t there. She doesn’t know what happened … I was there for over an hour in that space, and nobody ever told me to move. I was in there for over an hour.”

“Not a single person, not an officer from ICE, not any of the security guards, nobody told me to leave that place,” he continued. “Somebody from Homeland Security came in the end and began to escalate the situation, and we wound up being where we are today.”

Baraka was arrested during a protest against the reopening of Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center for immigrants in Newark. His wife, Linda Baraka, believes the federal government purposefully targeted him.