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Civil Liberties·Severity 5Crisis·Newark, NJ

Hunger strike at New Jersey ICE facility enters ninth day as protesters face off with Trump supporters

Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike [NJ]. <p>A Newark detention center has been at the forefront of anti-ICE protests – and now counterprotests</p><p>Protests continued on Saturday in front of the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, as a hunger and labor strike inside reached its ninth day, with detained immigrants demanding improv

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    The Guardian

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/protests-ice-immigration-detention-center-new-jersey
    <p>A Newark detention center has been at the forefront of anti-ICE protests – and now counterprotests</p><p>Protests continued on Saturday in front of the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, as a hunger and labor strike inside reached its ninth day, with detained immigrants demanding improved conditions and medical care.</p><p>On Saturday morning, a small group of rightwing counterprotesters in Trump hats began demonstrating outside the facility waving signs and chan