Newark mayor to file lawsuit to close Delaney Hall ICE facility
The city says inspectors were blocked from key areas and detainees reported poor food and medical care at the 1,000-bed center.
- On Tuesday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced a lawsuit seeking the closure of Delaney Hall, citing health and safety concerns at the immigration detention center.
- Tensions at the center boiled over last week as demonstrations intensified, leading to clashes between protesters and federal immigration officials outside the facility.
- A wild Sunday night resulted in 46 arrests, prompting Newark to implement a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew covering a half-mile radius around the site.
- Newark Police took control Monday, with Baraka describing recent law enforcement actions as "aggressive" and "unnecessary" while pledging local police would better de-escalate tensions.
- Lawmakers remain divided on conditions after touring the center; New Jersey Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew called it "clean" while Analilia Mejia described it as "horrible.
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Clashes continue as Newark seeks to inspect ICE detention center
Street clashes, a newly enacted nightly curfew, and conflicting federal and local claims over an alleged detainee hunger strike have placed a privately run immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, at the center of a widening legal and public safety crisis. Newark officials issued a warning on Tuesday that they would broaden their existing legal action against the GEO Group if they are not allowed to inspect the Delaney Hall immigrat…
Mayor Ras Baraka announced that he will go to court to demand the final closure of Delaney Halle immigration detention centre
N.J. targets prison company running immigration detention center in lawsuits over conditions
The mayor of Newark is doubling down on his efforts to shut down Delaney Hall, the New Jersey immigration detention facility that has been at the center of protests for nearly two weeks, drawing demonstrators over allegations of poor conditions at the facility and counterprotesters voicing support for ICE
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