Ninth Day of Hunger Strike Sparks Clashes at Newark Detention Center
TL;DR
Detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark are on a ninth day of hunger and labor strikes demanding better conditions and medical care, while protests outside the privately run GEO Group facility pit anti-ICE demonstrators against Trump-supporting counterprotesters. New Jersey state police took over policing from ICE amid tensions, with Gov. Sherrill facing pressure and federal officials weighing in; a pepper-spraying incident and confrontations with guards have been reported as detainees seek a meeting with the governor.
- Hunger strike at New Jersey ICE facility enters ninth day as protesters face off with Trump supporters The Guardian
- WNBC crew removed from news vehicle as state police tear gases Delaney Hall protesters NBC New York
- Sherrill tries to ‘lower the temperature’ at immigration detention facility Politico
- NJ Sen. Cory Booker raises alarm on Delaney Hall, talks Iran, taxing the rich, and a new New Deal in extended interview ABC7 Eyewitness News
- Dueling protests face off at New Jersey ICE detention center over detainee conditions NBC News
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