New Jersey governor, Democratic senator spend Memorial Day protesting ICE facility
Officials and activists said nearly 300 detainees are protesting conditions as federal agents clashed with demonstrators during a transfer attempt.
- At 1 a.m. Monday, tensions spiked outside Delaney Hall, ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, when ICE agents blocked the road to remove vehicles; pregnant Gabriela Soto and protesters blocked a white van, alleging her husband Martin was inside, triggering clashes where agents used pepper spray and batons.
- Martin Soto was arrested four months ago while buying diapers for his daughter; roughly 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike Friday at the GEO Group-operated facility over alleged overcrowding, spoiled food, and lack of medical care.
- Despite holding a court order for Martin's release, Gabriela Soto alleged ICE was retaliating against her husband because she organized the protest, warning "If I have a miscarriage because of this pressure, I will sue them."
- Democratic Senator Andy Kim and Congressman Rob Menendez remained unable to gain full facility access Monday morning, while Governor Mikie Sherrill said her denial of entry raised "serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view."
- The confrontation occurs amid broader ICE detention crises, with at least 18 deaths in custody this year and similar hunger strikes at California's Desert View Annex in Adelanto over unsafe water and inadequate medical care affecting roughly 70,000 detained nationwide.
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BREAKING: Chaos Erupts As ICE Faces Fiery Protests Outside NJ Detention Center
The situation in Newark, New Jersey, has become a focal point of contention as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents engage with protesters outside the Delaney Hall detention facility. This clash has drawn scrutiny due to mounting accusations regarding the treatment of detainees, specifically concerning inadequate medical care and overall living conditions. The events that transpired over the weekend illustrate how quickly tensions ca…
A hunger strike at an ICE facility in New Jersey has spurred protests. Here's what we know
A privately owned immigration detention center in New Jersey has been the site of protests, arrests of lawmakers and reports of a hunger strike by detainees over inhumane conditions.
DHS secretary calls Newark ICE detention center protests a ‘political stunt’ amid Delaney Hall controversy
NEWARK, NJ (PIX11) -- Tensions remain high between immigrant advocacy groups, New Jersey lawmakers, and the Department of Homeland Security over conditions at Delaney Hall, a controversial federal immigration detention center in Newark that opened in 2025. The facility, operated by GEO Group, has the capacity to hold up to 1,000 detainees under a federal [...]
New York and Washington., Immigrants held in a detention center in Newark, New Jersey, began a hunger and labor strike to denounce the conditions they suffer and demand the release of the most vulnerable, while activists and family members carried out support and protest actions – accompanied by federal legislators and even the governor – that were repressed by Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agents in a confrontation that continue…
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