New Jersey governor, Democratic senator spend Memorial Day protesting ICE facility
Roughly 300 detainees are protesting spoiled food and medical care as federal agents clash with demonstrators outside the privately run ICE center.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deployed pepper-spray balls on Monday outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, apparently striking Sen. Andy Kim as he positioned himself between ICE officers and protesters to de-escalate tensions.
- Detainees launched a hunger strike Friday protesting spoiled food and inadequate medical care, with an open letter from nearly 300 detainees earlier this month citing poor conditions and denied due process; demonstrators blocked ICE's Sunday attempt to transfer Martin Soto, a Peruvian immigrant detained since February.
- During Saturday conversations with dozens of detainees, Kim documented accounts of spoiled food, inadequate medical care, and retaliation threats; detainees reported they faced transfer and visitation cuts if protests continued, while approximately 125 people surrounded the facility forming a human chain.
- The Department of Homeland Security disputed accounts Monday night, claiming no individuals were directly struck by pepper balls and that officers issued lawful verbal commands; DHS Secretary Lauren Bis denied hunger strike allegations, suggesting sanctuary politicians should thank ICE for detaining dangerous criminals.
- Federal law permits congressional visits to detention facilities without advance notice, though the Trump administration has restricted such access; Rep. Rob Menendez was denied entry for 18 hours, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill is pushing to shut down the facility and block a proposed detention center in Roxbury.
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ICE agents attack protesters and Democrat senator supporting hunger striker at detention facility
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have attacked protesters outside of the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. Meanwhile, detainees inside the facility have staged a hunger strike against the inhumane conditions they’re subjected to. Attorneys have reported that around 300 detainees have joined the hunger-and-labor strike at Delaney Hall. The peaceful action began on 22 May, highlighting serious concerns inclu…
CNN Backs New Jersey Dems’ Performative Grandstanding at ICE Facility
Over the holiday weekend, New Jersey Democrat politicians gathered outside Newark’s Delaney Hall, which ICE has been using as a detention facility for over a decade. CNN showed video on Tuesday morning’s The Situation Room of several prominent Democrat politicians. Included in their highlight reel was New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, Senator Andy Kim, and Representative Robert Menendez, who spoke to cameras outside the facility amid swarms of…
Standoff at Delany Hall: ICE clashes with protesters outside New Jersey facility as detainee hunger strike reaches fifth day
Immigration rights advocates clashed with ICE officers outside of Delany Hall in Newark on Tuesday as the protest in solidarity with detainees reached its 5th day. Demonstrators from across New York and New Jersey continued to stand in defiance of federal agents throughout the day on May 26, resulting in several skirmishes. Masked ICE agents wielded batons and used the weapons to send the rowdy crowd hurtling to the ground. “I'm getting a little…
Protesters Clash with ICE Outside New Jersey Detention Center; Democrat Senator Claims Pepper-Spray Injury
Left-wing activists and Democrat politicians tried to come to the rescue of illegal immigrant detainees at a New Jersey detention center mustering up chaos, with one Democrat senator there claiming victimhood as well.
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