GEO Group · ICE contract
Delaney Hall (Newark, NJ)
≈1,000 beds
Active hunger strike; pepper spray reported against protesters; congressional delegation denied entry.
Civil liberties · ICE detention & enforcement
ICE Watch — what's happening inside and outside the walls.
A dedicated lens for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions — detention conditions, due-process failures, courthouse arrests, oversight blockades, and the local fights they trigger. The current flashpoint is in New Jersey, but this page tracks anywhere a federal immigration action raises a rule-of-law or civil-liberties concern.
Active crisis
Delaney Hall hunger strike, Newark, NJ
ICE detainees at the GEO-operated Delaney Hall facility in Newark have been on hunger strike. Family members and Newark elected officials report pepper-spray deployment against outside protesters, denial of access to a sitting member of Congress, and ongoing concerns about medical care, due process, and conditions of confinement. This is the highest-severity ICE story on the site right now.
Facility tracker — New Jersey
Three NJ facilities to watch
CoreCivic · ICE contract
Elizabeth Detention Center (Elizabeth, NJ)
≈300 beds
Long-running due-process and medical-care complaints.
Bergen County Sheriff
Bergen County Jail (Hackensack, NJ)
Ended ICE contract — monitor for renewal
Phased out 287(g) cooperation; watching for any reversal.
Detention conditions
Inside the facilities
Civil LibertiesCrisis
‘We’re doing it all for them’: Radio Jornalera NJ exposes conditions faced by immigrants in detention
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike [NJ]. <p>Grassroots outlet reports from New Jersey’s Delaney Hall – and helps family members connect with loved ones inside</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campai
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Civil LibertiesSerious
Watchdog finds waste and unsanitary conditions at ICE facility inside Fort Bliss
an ICE facility — triggers: unsanitary conditions. From August 2025 to March 2026, an immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss Army base suffered a host of serious incidents, including two deaths that were investigated by the Government Accountability Office.
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Civil LibertiesSerious
Protests, chaos and arrests as tensions rise at Delaney Hall ICE detention Center in Newark, N.J.
Delaney Hall — triggers: unsanitary conditions [NJ]. This compilation features raw video of protests from NJ.com outside Delaney Hall in Newark New Jersey, between May 25 and June 7, 2026. The detention center has been the focus of weeks of demonstrations over reports of poor and unsanitary conditions inside the facility. Delaney Hall Protests in Newark, NJ Key Moments &
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Civil LibertiesSevere
Joint investigation into ICE detainees describing medical neglect
an ICE facility — triggers: medical neglect. Hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege in federal lawsuits that immigration detention facilities are failing to provide adequate medical care, an investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press exposes. Detainees say they didn’t get medications on time — or at all — for conditions including hi
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Civil LibertiesCrisis
Headlines for June 8, 2026
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike, solitary confinement [NJ]. Iran Says It’s Halting Attacks on Israel After Both Countries Exchange Fire, Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut Despite a U.S.-Brokered So-Called Ceasefire, Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Seven Palestinians in Gaza, Russian Drone Hits Nuclear Fuel Facility Near Chernobyl, Killing 3 People, Hegseth Uses D-Day Anniversary to Atta
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Civil LibertiesSerious
N.J. teens among 6 arrested during Delaney Hall protests
Delaney Hall — triggers: unsanitary conditions [NJ]. Two N.J. teens were among six people arrested Saturday night into Sunday as protests intensified outside Delaney Hall in Newark. Property damage and people blocking the facility’s entrance prompted the arrests, according to officials. The detention center has been the site of weeks of protests over reports of poor and
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Civil LibertiesSevere
‘Repression and resistance’: a historian uncovers the history of migrant protests in US detention
Delaney Hall — triggers: spoiled food, solitary confinement [NJ]. <p>As protests flare at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall, Jessica Ordaz examines the US’s complex relationship with migration and detention</p><p>For more than two weeks, at least 300 detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center have been on a hunger and labor strike. They describe “horrible” conditions at the N
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Civil LibertiesCrisis
‘It’s like they’re kidnapped there’: families tell of distress over ‘inhumane’ ICE jail
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike [NJ]. <p>As detainees go on hunger strike over conditions at Delaney Hall, relatives describe concern for loved ones’ wellbeing</p><p>In mid-May, Elder Guerra was showering inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility when he slipped and fell.</p><p>Guerra, a Guatemalan immigrant, has been locked up in the New Jers
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Civil LibertiesSerious
Trump news at a glance: new intelligence director given green light to fire ‘a lot of people’
an ICE facility — triggers: shackled. <p>Trump says Bill Pulte is ‘less shackled’ because he has only been appointed director of national intelligence temporarily. Key US politics stories from 5 June 2026 at a glance</p><p>Donald Trump has said that he wants Bill Pulte, his new acting director of national intelligence, to cut the office, which has already
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Civil LibertiesSevere
Voices from Delaney Hall
Delaney Hall — triggers: spoiled food, overcrowding [NJ]. Hundreds of immigrants detained at the ICE jail known as Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike for nearly two weeks. They are protesting the inhumane conditions at the jail, including spoiled food that has had maggots in it, overcrowding and inadequate medical care. Detainees are al
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Civil LibertiesCrisis
Voices from Delaney Hall: Family and Community Members Demand Release of Loved Ones from ICE Jail
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike, spoiled food, overcrowding [NJ]. Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Hundreds of immigrants detained at the ICE jail known as Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike for nearly two weeks. They are protesting the conditions at the jail, including spoiled food that has had maggots in it, overcr
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Civil LibertiesSevere
'It’s Simply Impossible to be a Good Parent There'
an ICE facility — triggers: medical neglect. Asylum-seeking families say they endured medical neglect, contaminated food, and bleak conditions in ICE’s largest family detention center. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscri
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Enforcement & oversight
Courthouse arrests, raids, and blockades
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A year after ICE raids terrorized Los Angeles, a rattled city counts its scars: ‘The arrests never really stopped’
ICE enforcement [workplace_raid]. <p>Thousand of arrests last summer led to mass protests and some deaths – across the city, communities bear the scars</p><p>Most people in Brian Gavidia’s life haven’t seemed to notice that a year has passed since armed federal immigration agents descended on their city.</p><p>In East Los Angeles, in the neighborhood w
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Updates on Delaney Hall Protests | #aclu #ice #shorts | ACLU
ICE enforcement [workplace_raid] [NJ]. The real harm isn't from peaceful protests — but the brutality of the Trump administration's ICE raids and inhumane immigration detention centers. New Jersey’s response to protestors at Delaney Hall must prioritize the safety and well-being of everyone.
- Civil LibertiesSevere
LA’s storied fashion district in a slump – can the Olympics put it back on its feet?
ICE enforcement [workplace_raid]. <p>The neighborhood that makes America’s clothes has been buffeted by ICE raids and post-Covid problems – but leaders say hope is on the horizon</p><p>Downtown Los Angeles’s fashion district, the largest apparel manufacturing hub in the United States, is a neighborhood in freefall. While <a href="https://planning.lacit
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The heartbreaking reason Japanese Americans are protesting ICE raids in this N.J. community
ICE enforcement [workplace_raid]. More than 80 years after their own families were locked up, these Japanese Americans say history may be repeating itself in their South Jersey community.
- Civil LibertiesSevere
"They Are Not Alone Inside": Protests Outside New Jersey ICE Jail Support Hunger Striking Detainees
ICE enforcement [masked_unidentified] [NJ]. Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Around 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and work strike since Friday to protest inhumane conditions and due process violations. Delaney Hall is operated by the private prison company GEO Group.
Why a dedicated page
Immigration enforcement is a civil-liberties story first.
ICE detention and enforcement decisions sit at the intersection of due process, judicial independence, congressional oversight, and free assembly. When a federal agency holds people without speedy review, denies sitting members of Congress facility access, or uses force against peaceful protesters, the relevant question isn't just immigration policy — it's whether the rule of law is operating. That's why ICE has its own page on this site, with extra weight on primary sources and corroborated reporting from Democracy Now!, the AP, FRONTLINE, the Marshall Project, and local outlets including NJ.com and NJ Spotlight News.