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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Detainees at New Jersey immigration center revolt as chaos unravels

officers face a group of protesters outside
Protesters block vehicles from entering or leaving the Delaney Hall Ice facility in Newark, New Jersey, after four migrants reportedly escaped, on Thursday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Unrest and protests have erupted in and around a controversial immigration detention center in New Jersey, with police and federal officials clashing with protesters after detainees reportedly pushed down a wall in revolt at the conditions they were being held in.

About 50 detainees pushed down a wall in the dormitory room of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday night, according to an immigration lawyer representing one of the men held there.

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