Watch: The Violent ICE Crackdown Comes to New Jersey
Protests against ICE have intensified at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, where detainees are reportedly on a hunger strike. Activists are attempting to block law enforcement vehicles, leading to confrontations with federal agents. The situation has escalated, with reports of protesters being forcibly pushed into traffic and injured.
- ▪Anti-ICE activists have been protesting at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility.
- ▪Detainees at the facility have reportedly engaged in a hunger strike.
- ▪Federal agents have responded with force, using pepper spray against demonstrators.
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freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "motherjones_right_rail_1", slotId: "ROS_ATF_300x600" }); ICE agents stand guard outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, May 28, 2026.cristina matuozzi/Sipa USA via AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For the past week, anti-ICE activists have been protesting at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility where detainees have reportedly engaged in a hunger strike. As journalist Amanda Moore explains in a new Mother Jones video, the demonstrators have erected barricades and are attempting to stop law enforcement vehicles.
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