Congress members say conditions dire at NJ detention center facing protests, reported hunger strike
Advocates say about 300 detainees are refusing food and work over poor conditions, while federal agents have arrested protesters and used pepper spray.
- Federal authorities arrested two people late Tuesday outside Delaney Hall in Newark as confrontations between ICE agents and demonstrators intensified on the fifth night of protests outside the privately run detention facility.
- Roughly 300 detainees began a hunger and labor strike Friday to protest conditions inside the facility, with activist Catalina Adorno citing "rotten frozen food" and cases where "live worms" were found in meals, plus denied toilet paper.
- Pax Christi coordinator Kathy O'Leary said ICE agents arrested a volunteer street medic, claiming they "shoved the volunteer's face into the pavement, handcuffed him and dragged him into the facility" across Doremus Avenue.
- Gov. Mikie Sherrill stated Tuesday that New Jersey was "continuing to explore its options" regarding the facility, which she said "should never have opened," while organizers disputed Mullin's account of the arrests.
- New Jersey officials Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver confirmed protester allegations during weekend visits, finding "the same issues from a year ago continue to plague the facility," as DHS Secretary Mullin signaled the Trump administration is considering travel restrictions in sanctuary cities.
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Newark. Agents of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) beat and threw tear gas at imprisoned migrants who are on hunger strike, in rejection of the abuses to which they are subjected in a detention center, reported family members and activists who were outside and who received calls from the interior, InsiderNJ reported on its website.
“Subversion of Law and Order”: ICE Violence Escalates at Newark’s GEO-Run Jail, Delaney Hall
We get an update on protests at Newark, New Jersey’s Delaney Hall, an ICE facility owned and operated by the private prison company GEO Group, where hundreds of immigrant detainees have been on a hunger and labor strike for the past week demanding their immediate release. New Jersey Congressmember Analilia Mejía recently toured the facility and spoke to people who described being arrested and detained after attending routine ICE check-ins, being
Protesters have clashed with federal immigration police outside a detention center in New Jersey, USA. At least six people have been arrested.
6 protesters arrested after clash with ICE officers outside Delaney Hall
The families of detainees and their supporters said Thursday that immigrants being held at Delaney Hall in Newark have been subjected to pepper spray and physical force as the situation inside deteriorates.
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