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José Olivares and Julius Constantine Motal in Newark

‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail

multiple men in tactical gear hold a man on the ground
Federal agents hold a protester on the ground outside Delaney Hall, where detainees are holding a hunger and labor strike in Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian

Protests against immigration enforcement at a facility where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike erupted in fresh violence on Tuesday night as federal officers sprayed chemicals and charged at demonstrators outside the jail in New Jersey.

Following hours of relative quiet, a day after masked and armored Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel pepper-sprayed US senator Andy Kim, tensions ramped up again outside the Delaney Hall facility on the fifth day of the strike.

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