Clashes at Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark
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Inside This New Jersey ICE Detention Facility: Hunger Strikes, Abuse Allegations And A Growing Movement
For more than a week, the streets outside Delaney Hall, a privately operated immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have been the site of some of the most intense protest activity the state has seen in years.
Five anti-ICE rioters were arrested in Newark for assaulting federal agents and smashing a car windshield, after another chaotic nighttime standoff with law enforcement at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center.
A network of about 100 groups with $850 million in combined annual revenues allegedly coordinates Newark's Delaney Hall ICE protests using encrypted chats.
Protesters clash with ICE, GEO Group staff as they attempt to block vehicles at Delaney Hall in Newark.
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Watch Live: Newark mayor calls for closure of Delaney Hall after days of sometimes violent protests
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is holding a news conference at 9 a.m. to announce a legal strategy to shut down the ICE detention center.
The Trump administration wants to expand detention capacity, not shrink it. Delaney Hall is important to ICE because of its access to major highways and airports.