The Problem With Shutting Down ICE in Blue States
The privately run jail reopened last year as the only sizable facility of its kind in the New York City metro area, with capacity for 1,000 ICE detainees. Trump officials have been threatening for months to intensify ICE enforcement in New York, making Delaney Hall essential to their plans. It’s also smack-dab in a blue sea of state and local governments dominated by Democrats whose constituents are furious at ICE.Protesters have rallied outside Delaney Hall since May to denounce poor conditions inside the facility, operated by the GEO Group on a $1 billion, 15-year contract.
- ▪The privately run jail reopened last year as the only sizable facility of its kind in the New York City metro area, with capacity for 1,000 ICE detainees.
- ▪Trump officials have been threatening for months to intensify ICE enforcement in New York, making Delaney Hall essential to their plans.
- ▪It’s also smack-dab in a blue sea of state and local governments dominated by Democrats whose constituents are furious at ICE.Protesters have rallied outside Delaney Hall since May to denounce poor conditions inside the facility, operated b
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The Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey.PoliticsThe Problem With Shutting Down ICE in Blue StatesTrump officials are happy to ship immigrants elsewhere.By Nick MiroffPhotographs by Klaus GalianoJuly 26, 2026, 7 AM ET ShareSave It was probably inevitable that the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, would become a battleground in the broader fight over President Trump’s mass-deportation campaign. The privately run jail reopened last year as the only sizable facility of its kind in the New York City metro area, with capacity for 1,000 ICE detainees. Trump officials have been threatening for months to intensify ICE enforcement in New York, making Delaney Hall essential to their plans.
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