Delaney Hall, a privately operated detention center in Newark, drew national attention on Friday as Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor, was arrested outside the facility by federal immigration agents.

Trump officials are transforming the Newark prison into an ICE detention facility, embodying its mass deportation campaign in a deeply immigrant community.

Linda Baraka, the mayor’s wife, accused the federal government of targeting her husband, who has aggressively pushed back against the construction and