The Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, has become the epicenter of protest against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, with its prominence only growing in recent months. The Department of Homeland Security’s recent policy shifts show a department learning from the recent attention directed towards Delaney Hall in their attempts to evade oversight.
Starting on May 19, detainees launched a labor and hunger strike within Delaney Hall, which quickly became a hot spot for anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests and organizing. The strike was a high-profile example of detainees organizing themselves against ICE over allegedly dangerous and inhumane conditions in the facility.
