Democrats repeat calls to shut down Delaney Hall
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Jeffries Says House Democrats Will Work to Shut Down New Jersey ICE Facility
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Aug. 11 that Delaney Hall, the privately operated immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, should be closed, and that the majority of House Democrats oppose private detention. “I think it’s fair to say that the overwhelming majority of House Democrats believe that a system of private detention is inconsistent with who we are as a country,” Jeffries said at a press conference alo…
Democrats repeat calls to shut down Delaney Hall
Reps. Frank Pallone, Analilia Mejia, and Rob Menendez exit Delaney Hall after visiting the detention center in Newark on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor) Democratic lawmakers met in a Morristown church Tuesday to repeat calls to shut down Newark immigration jail Delaney Hall and raise alarms about medical care for detainees held there. Their appearance came 10 days after the death of Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo, a S…
Jeffries vows accountability for Delaney Hall concentration camp
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arrived in New Jersey on Tuesday with a simple message: President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda is “unjust and inhumane.” The Democratic leader visited Morristown and Newark to denounce conditions at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, a privately operated center that has faced near-constant controversy since reopening lastContinue reading "Jeffries vows accountability for De…
Delaney Hall in Newark, NJ, on June 19, 2026. Photo: Joe Amditis, Center for Cooperative Media. By Hannan Adely, NorthJersey.com. Ashley Lopez Cornejo, 12, said she was unable to visit her father for six weeks at Delaney Hall, the Newark immigration detention center where he was held before his death. “We were all worried about him,” Ashley said. “While he was detained, he lost 30 pounds. He had high blood pressure. He had diabetes. And they ref…
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