Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to "The Nation"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In February, GEO Group signed a 15-year, fixed-priced contract, estimated to be worth $60 million a year, with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
48% : Shortly after GEO Group announced its contract with ICE, Caleb Vitello, acting ICE director, made the intent of the deal plain.
47% : The law prohibits state and local entities and private correctional facilities from entering into agreements with federal immigration authorities to detain noncitizens.
32% : Alina Habba, counselor to President Trump and interim US Attorney for New Jersey, said that Baraka had "willingly chosen to disregard the law" and had "ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center.

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