Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleProtest erupts outside ICE detention centerDetainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention centre in Newark, New Jersey, are engaged in a hunger strike, protesting alleged unconstitutional and inhumane conditions, including inadequate food and medical care. Protests outside the facility have led to clashes, with federal agents reportedly using chemical agents on Senator Andy Kim and denying Governor Mikie Sherrill entry during oversight attempts. Congressman Rob Menendez, who visited the centre, confirmed the strike is ongoing, medical care is 'non-existent,' and detainees face denied visitations, which he suggested was retaliation. Homeland Security denies any hunger strike, accusing Democratic officials of 'spreading smears' and asserting that detainees receive proper care and access to communication with families and lawyers. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is calling for state investigations into the facility, which opened on 1 May 2025 and is operated by private contractor GEO Group, currently embroiled in a legal dispute with the city. In fullDems say ICE is retaliating against hunger striking detainees as protesters swarm detention facilityThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is asking ICE to let her inside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark.

Protesters say agents used pepper spray and batons in clash outside Delaney Hall where a hunger strike is under way

Strikes in several ICE detention centers follow growing scrutiny into conditions at prison-like facilities

Protesters and ICE agents clashed Monday in New Jersey amid escalating tensions at a facility where detainees say they're on a hunger strike.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleApproximately 300 immigrants at the Delaney…

Delaney Hall was the site of a physical altercation last May, resulting in federal charges for a sitting congresswoman.

A chaotic scene erupted outside a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, where detainees launched a labor and hunger strike.

Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, said he was pepper sprayed during a visit to Delaney Hall in Newark on Memorial Day.

Protests escalated outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, after DHS denied Gov. Sherrill's request to enter the facility.

Delaney Hall in Newark has been a point of controversy during the Trump administration, with multiple Democrat politicians demanding closure over concerns of poor conditions.

ISPRED pritvorskog centra u Newarku, New Jersey, sukobili su se prosvjednici i agenti ICE-a. Prosvjed je organiziran kao podrška pritvorenicima koji štrajkaju glađu zbog loših…

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A detention facility in New Jersey has become the latest site of clashes between ICE and protesters as detainees stage a hunger strike.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) visited Newark immigrant detention center Delaney Hall amid reports of hunger strikes and inhumane conditions inside.

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) visited Newark immigrant detention center Delaney Hall amid reports of hunger strikes and inhumane conditions inside.

Democrat Andy Kim says he saw ‘chaos’ at the New Jersey ICE facility amid ‘standoff’ between protesters and agents

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional negó las acusaciones y desmintió la existencia de una huelga de hambre

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) was caught in the protests outside the facility

Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey said federal immigration agents "poured gasoline on the fire" as protesters condemned appalling conditions inside the Delaney Hall detention facility.

DHS rebutted what it described as “falsehoods” and “smears” from New Jersey Democrats and denied there was a hunger strike at a detention center.