Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week and held in custody for several hours.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) was arrested by federal officials Friday during a protest at a newly opened immigration detention facility in his city, officials said. Interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba — a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and his personal attorney — said Baraka “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself.

Columbia University has suspended dozens of students and barred alums and others who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the school’s main library earlier this week

Dozens of people multiple were taken into custody by the New York Police Department at Columbia University after a pro-Palestinian protest in an area of the main library on campus Wednesday.