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Life Inside an ICE Detention Facility

For days protesters have been clashing with law enforcement over conditions at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz explains how these complaints persist across the country, and takes a closer look at the problems documented at one facility in Louisiana.

A New Governor Faces Her First Crisis Amid Tear Gas and Tough Decisions

7 June 2026 at 08:00
Gov. Mikie Sherrill dispatched the New Jersey State Police outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center after federal officials said they would flood the area with armed agents. Not everyone approved.

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Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Senator Andy Kim tried to visit the Delaney Hall immigration detention center on Memorial Day. Senator Kim was allowed to enter. The governor wasn’t.

Newark Mayor to Scale Back Police Presence at Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center

The mayor, Ras Baraka, said the city would not spend taxpayer money to safeguard Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark run by a private prison company.

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On Friday evening, a day after Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark decided to scale back police presence at Delaney Hall, a fight broke out between protesters and security guards.
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