The facility, Delaney Hall, is right next to Newark Liberty International Airport, and has variously served as a prison, migrant detention facility, and halfway house. Baraka was arrested on Friday, and McLaughlin says arresting more lawmakers "is definitely on the table."

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Executive Director Amol Sinha, in a statement sent to Newsweek via email on Friday: "The arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka by the Department of Homeland Security is a shameful escalation of the Trump administration's intimidation campaign against officials who refuse to do their bidding."