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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Dems in Congress say conditions dire at N.J. detention site facing protests, reported hunger strike
Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday said they observed dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating for days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike.
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'They can go back to their country,' DHS Secretary Mullin says as tensions rise outside Newark ICE detention facility
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall, which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, May 27, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEWARK, N.J.) — Tensions continue to rise outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, as activists and Democratic leaders clash with the federal …
DHS Chief Blasts New Jersey Immigrant Hunger Strike As Local Democrats Demand Access - Tampa Free Press
A tense standoff over living conditions at a New Jersey immigration detention center has triggered a sharp war of words between federal officials and local Democratic leaders, following a weekend hunger strike and a protest that reportedly ended with a U.S. Senator being pepper-sprayed. The dispute centers on Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […] DHS Chief Blasts New Jersey Immigrant Hunger Strike As Local Democrats Demand Acc…
Congress members say conditions dire at NJ detention center facing protests, reported hunger strike
Democratic members of Congress are describing dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating and asserting that detainees inside are on a hunger strike.
The battle over Trump’s immigration crackdown comes to a New Jersey parking lot
For five days, the two sides have been in a volatile standoff outside Delaney Hall, a federal detention center that has become a symbol of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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