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As protests inside<\/span> and outside of Newark\u2019sDelaney Hall continue into their second week, federal, state, and local officials are vying over the future of the privately-run ICE detention center and former prison in New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>

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This morning, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka held a press conference, calling for the facility\u2019sclosure and threatening further legal action against GEO Group,the company that operates it. A few hours later, the state of New Jersey also seeking a court order for full access by health inspectors, who since Wednesday have lacked it.<\/p>\n

ICE and Homeland Security agents beat and arrested dozens of protesters outside Delaney last week, until state police took over the area on Friday, eventuallypushing protesters blocks away into a designated \u2018protest zone\u2019 as New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill implored activists to \u201clower the temperature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning Sunday, under Baraka\u2019s orders, the city of Newark established a curfew for the half-mile radius around Delaney Hall\u2014and that evening, state police promptly tear-gassed and arrested even more protesters and members of the press than ICE agents had done earlier in the week. Meanwhile, people detained inside said they experienced physical violence from guards as retribution for speaking out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At aTuesday press conference outside Delaney Hall, Baraka remarked that state police\u2019s \u201ctraining was not appropriate for what was happening in this area at the time\u201d and objected to tactics that \u201ckind of resembled what ICE was doing in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baraka announced that Newark municipal police, who the mayor contended are \u201cmore trained in de-escalation,\u201d would be taking over the area. \u201cI might say that we probably should have done that earlier, jumped in and had a louder voice,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s office did not immediately respond to questions on why local government delayed involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was escalated the minute ICE showed up on the scene,\u201d Baraka, who was arrested last year while attempting to enter the facility, added. \u201cWe obviously thought that the interactions between ICE agents, Homeland Security, state police and residents were troubling.\u201d He also pointed to conditions inside Delaney, referencing a detained person who had a miscarriage and was not given medical attention. <\/p>

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The city of Newark has been fighting in court for the past year to shut down Delaney Hall, alleging that GEO Group failed to get the proper permits to reopen the facility as a detention center in 2025. Now, Baraka said, the cities plans to expand that lawsuit to include safety violations. \u201cThis is not just\u2026a code enforcement dispute,\u201d Baraka said. \u201cThis is a dispute about human lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Delaney Hall detainees have been engaged in hunger and labor strikes for nearly two weeks. They\u2019ve turned down GEO Group\u2013provided food and refused to work as janitorial, maintenance, and kitchen laborers within the facility\u2014work for which they are paid as little as a dollar a day. They have four main demands: an end to coercive pressure from ICE agents to \u201cself-deport,\u201d a review of their immigration cases and habeas corpus petitions, an opportunity to speak with Gov. Mikie Sherrill in person inside Delaney Hall, and ultimately, their release from ICE custody.<\/p>\n

New Jersey officials have largely not acknowledged these demands\u2014including Baraka, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Sherrill, who has not met with immigrants inside Delaney Hall or fully funded their legal defense. Regardless, activists say their organizing inside and outside the facility has led to some victories.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cosecha New Jersey, an advocacy group in communication with people inside Delaney Hall, posted on Instagram that \u201can increased number of people have been released from detention,\u201d since the strike began, including all pregnant people incarcerated there, \u201cthanks to the urgency and pressure from families and the public.\u201d About a thousand people, however, remain locked inside.<\/p>\n

In a social media post Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security characterized New Jersey\u2019s lawsuit against GEO Group as \u201cfrivolous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust last week on May 28, four representatives of the New Jersey State Health Department arrived at approximately 11:00 AM,\u201d the DHS X account posted. \u201cThey entered the facility and inspected the foodservice department.\u201d That inspection, however, left out the medical unit, sleeping areas, and toilets, according to a press release from New Jersey\u2019s Attorney General\u2014and the state\u2019s lawsuit stipulates that officials must be allowed to inspect the whole building.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that the way GEO Group opened up Delaney Hall was in contravention to municipal laws and state laws from the very beginning,\u201d Baraka said in his Tuesday press conference. \u201cWe\u2019re going to argue even further that this should be closed because of health and human safety.\u201d<\/p>

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The converted prison \u201cshould be closed because of health and human safety,\u201d Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nICE\u2019s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits - Moving and Mortgage Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICE\u2019s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits - Moving and Mortgage Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The converted prison \u201cshould be closed because of health and human safety,\u201d Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving and Mortgage Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-03T10:11:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c457524de91e5dccf001cfb122960844-1024x576.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b7c79bcfd888d98f34c5413df7e81a2\"},\"headline\":\"ICE\u2019s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-03T10:11:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365\"},\"wordCount\":828,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/521b4242b06758e0ecda905f7dd336b5.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=365\",\"name\":\"ICE\u2019s Delaney Hall Is Being Slammed With Lawsuits - 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