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Alina Habba, a lawyer of Mr. Trump, who is now the preliminary US lawyer of New Jersey, said Mr. Baraka “ignored several warnings from the investigation of the home protection” to remove himself and “ignore the law”.

Videos that were recorded by demonstrators show that Mr. Baraka in a public area outside the gates of the facility, which is known as a Delaney Hall, is taken into custody and is expected to be kept up to 1,000 migrants at the same time.

Three members of the democratic congress delegation of New Jersey – representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and Lamonica McIver – were in the building on Friday for a visit and were allowed to take part. Federal civil servants described the presence of legislators as “stunt”.

Mr. Baraka was allowed to pass the entrance gate, but was not allowed to accompany the members of the congress inside, according to a video by Viri Martinez, an immigration activist who experienced the arrest.

“Congressmen are different, congress lebammers are different,” said an agent for investigations in the home protection to the mayor, as the video shows. The agent added: “This is the last warning. They are arrested.”

After leaving the facility, the congress members joined Mr. Baraka outside.

Ms. Mciver said Mr. Baraka then went to a public area in which other demonstrators gathered. “He went out,” she said.

In front of the goal, Mr. Menendez can be heard on the video that Mr. Baraka says: “You speak of getting back to arrest them.”

“I'm not on her property,” replied the mayor. “You can't get out on the street and arrest me.”

Mr. Baraka was taken into custody by a team of masked federal agents who wore military fatigue while raving about the gates in a driveway with demonstrators and reporters.

Tricia McLaughlin, the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Homeland Security, described the episode in a social media post as a “bizarre political stunt”. She said that Ms. Watson Coleman and Mr. Menendez had “used up” in a waking hut together with “several demonstrators”.

Ms. McLaughlin shared a video about the mayor's arrest, which she said, a “mob” that attacks herself on ice agents outside the gates.

“This illegal breakthrough and conclusion of a prison is the security of our law enforcement officers and prisoners at risk,” said Ms. McLaughlin, although there was no evidence that the legislators had illegally entered the building.

Mr. Menendez said that Iceagents had “put hands on her hands”.

“You have no reluctance to what you should do, and that was shown in broad daylight today,” said Menendez shortly after Mr. Baraka's arrest at a press conference.

Newark civil servants had argued for weeks before a federal court that the owner of the center, the Geo Group, had violated the laws of the city violation because she had not received the necessary permits or a valid occupancy certificate.

On Tuesday, Mr. Baraka appeared in the facility with city inspectors at dawn and searched for the entry. He returned on Wednesday.

Federal official and a spokesman for the Geo Group, one of the largest private prison companies in the country, said that the mayor had ignored established processes for the request for entry. They also said the facility had all the necessary permits.

“The mayor was informed that he is more than welcome to enter the facility as long as he follows security protocols like everyone else,” said Ms. McLaughlin on Tuesday after Mr. Baraka was denied.

In February, the Trump government completed a 15-year contract over $ 1 billion with the GEO Group to transform the Delaney Hall into a large detention center when ICE hurried to expand its capacity of detention nationwide in order to achieve the president's mass goals.

Since the facility is near the most important airports, the agency's efforts to increase deportation flights from the northeast will play a central role. But the building that received its first prisoners last week quickly put on opposition from Democrats and local activists. They argued that his location near immigrants in New Jersey and New York City would help accelerate the administration's deportation pipeline.

In a social media contribution, Ms. Watson Coleman wrote that the facility was opened without the city's permission.

“We heard stories about how it is in other ice prisons,” she wrote. “We practice our supervisory authority to see ourselves.”

In an e -mail declaration, Ms. McLaughlin argued that the facility had the appropriate permits and that she provided a list of five immigrants, of which she said, they were arrested in Delaney Hall and had been accused of murder and drug trafficking for serious crimes.

Ms. Mciver said Mr. Baraka did nothing wrong before his arrest.

“What we see here is loathous and we should all be angry,” she said.

Mr. Menendez described Mr. Baraka's arrest as “intimidation”.

Ms. Watson Coleman said she was “managed” and she described the events as “abuse of power”.

Other Democrats in New Jersey used social media on Friday to criticize the ice reaction. Governor Philip D. Murphy described Mr. Baraka's arrest as “unfair” and asked for his immediate release in an explanation.

“Mayor Baraka is an exemplary civil servant who has always occurred for our most endangered neighbors,” wrote Murphy.

Senator Andy Kim described the arrest as “shocking” and said he had contact with the ICE leaders and Kristi Noem, the secretary of the home protection. Senator Cory Booker wrote that ICE officers should have de-escalated a “disturbing, unnecessary” confrontation.

On Friday, around 200 people gathered in a steady rain in front of the ice cream office in Newark, where Mr. Baraka had been taken.

“Leave it out,” sang the crowd, refers to the mayor and “let it in” and referred to the three members of the congress.

Mark Bonamo And Taylor Robinson Reported reports.