Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba over his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month outside Delaney Hall. The lawsuit accuses Habba of defamation and seeks damages for what it calls "false arrest and malicious prosecution.

The Newark mayor sued federal officials, alleging false arrest and defamation over a dropped trespassing charge at an ICE facility.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, arguing that his arrest outside an immigration detention center was motivated by politics.