Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on his arrest at ICE facility
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Newark, Laguardia Airport
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Mayor Ras Baraka, who faces trespassing charges, was again denied entry to Delaney Hall by armed ICE officers.
Airlines will meet with the Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday to address weeks of delays at Newark Liberty International Airport following air traffic control staffing and equipment issues.
CBS News got a rare look inside a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, New Jersey, where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested last week. Baraka was charged with trespassing and was taken into custody during his visit to the ICE detention center on Friday.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is holding a two-day meeting with major airlines on Wednesday to discuss its proposal to cut flights at Newark Liberty International Airport in order to address major delays.
Over the past two weeks, several equipment outages at the Philadelphia-based air traffic control center that guides planes to and from Newark Liberty International Airport, have raised questions on just how safe it is to fly at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
A failed backup telecommunications line led to a 90-second radar and radio outage last month that left air traffic controllers unable to see jetliners heading into Newark airport.After the primary connection that carries radar data into the Philadelphia facility where controllers guide planes into the busy hub failed,
Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, arrested for trespassing at a federal immigration facility last week, compared his confrontation with federal authorities to the biblical King David's trials.