Ras Baraka
Ras Jua Baraka is an American politician, author, and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, Baraka is the 40th and current mayor of Newark, New Jersey. First elected in the 2014 election, he was sworn into office on July 1, 2014, and was reelected in 2018 and 2022.
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Newark's Democratic mayor pulled police resources from Delaney Hall before a violent clash between federal immigration officers and anti-ICE protesters erupted on video.
Baraka is treated as a case study in sanctuary city sabotage, a local Democratic official actively undermining federal immigration enforcement and exposing the public to resulting chaos.