Delaney Hall is reshaping how ICE runs its detention centers

Detainees ended a hunger and labor strike shortly after ICE updated its detention standards

Published

June 29, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)

Activists continue to protest outside of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility, and clash with ICE agents, June 21, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, has become the epicenter of protest against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, with its prominence only growing in recent months. The Department of Homeland Security’s recent policy shifts show a department learning from the recent attention directed towards Delaney Hall in their attempts to evade oversight.