Despite coming in third in his run for governor, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was recently arrested at an ICE protest, is rumored to be a contender for New Jersey lieutenant governor.

The reward for the two men still at large after escaping an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark last week has been raised to $25,000 while new details about the apprehension of two other escapees were released by the Department of Homeland Security Monday.

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to holding immigrants for deportation.

Two of four men who broke out of an immigration jail in Newark have been recaptured, authorities said Sunday. Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez and Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada were both caught within 72 hours of escaping, the FBI said. Sandoval-Lopez was nabbed Saturday in Passaic, sources told WNBC.

New Jersey GOP leader Kenny Gonzalez criticized the Democratic Party for sowing “chaos" across the country that he said emboldens criminal illegals and violent rioters.