The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a Democrat who is running for governor, was arrested on Friday on a charge of trespassing at a privately run federal immigration detention center while three U.S. lawmakers were on site for an unannounced inspection,

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

About five hours after being arrested in the afternoon, Mayor Ras Baraka was released. He's been charged with trespassing.

By Nate Raymond(Reuters) -A Tufts University student from Turkey who was held for over six weeks in an immigration detention center in Louisiana after co-writing an opinion piece criticizing her school's response to Israel's war in Gaza was released from custody on Friday after a federal judge granted her bail.

A federal judge in Vermont has granted a request for bail from a Tufts University student who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Federal Judge William K. Sessions III, appointed by former President Barack Obama,

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph provided by her family and obtained by Reuters on March 29, 2025. Courtesy of the Ozturk family/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES.