New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice is the state’s largest immigration coalition. We fight for policies that empower and protect immigrants. #NJforALL
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NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
I found over 70 federal lawsuits alleging medical neglect and deficiencies at Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, NJ.
“It’s a systemic issue that the facility is facing and they’re not correctly addressing.” @RobMenendez4NJ
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NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
LIVE: We are testifying at a @HomelandDems field hearing on The Human Cost of Immigration Enforcement, with special focus on Delaney Hall.
Tune in with us live:
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We have seen what ICE has done in broad daylight, and I believe what detainees are saying about what's happening behind closed doors.
That’s why I brought @homelanddems to Newark today to hear from people on the ground about the horrors detainees are facing inside Delaney Hall.
LIVE: We are testifying at a @HomelandDems field hearing on The Human Cost of Immigration Enforcement, with special focus on Delaney Hall.
Tune in with us live:
democrats-homeland.house.gov…
We have seen what ICE has done in broad daylight, and I believe what detainees are saying about what's happening behind closed doors.
That’s why I brought @homelanddems to Newark today to hear from people on the ground about the horrors detainees are facing inside Delaney Hall.
@aclunj 's Amol Sinha reads a line from the letters smuggled out by people in Delaney Hall: "They constantly threaten to deport us, transfer us to punishment units or move us. They take pictures of us without our consent and tell us: You have NO RIGHTS here."
@ACLUNJ continues: These are people who refuse to be silenced. These aren't pre-drafted statements. These are people making an enormous sacrifice & starve themselves in order to prove their humanity.
People are dying in this facility and in facilities like them. They must close.
"And now they've given billions of dollars more to ICE & CBP."
@BennieGThompson continues: "And when people like @replamonica stand up to assert their oversight authority, the federal government has retaliated by charging her with felonies."
NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
NEWS: We are increasing funding for the Detention Deportation Defense Initiative by $12 million – for a total of $20.2 million.
We are also launching a Rapid Legal Response Initiative to expand statewide legal capacity for emergency immigration defense and support immigrant families across New Jersey.
These actions will help ensure more people in New Jersey's communities receive due process under the law and more New Jersey attorneys are mobilized to stand up for the fundamental human rights of detainees and their families.
What do advocacy, protests, activism, and strikes have in common?
THEY WORK!
This is a huge milestone for the hunger strikers, and a testament that our Governor hears their demands. Let's keep the momentum up!
NEWS: We are increasing funding for the Detention Deportation Defense Initiative by $12 million – for a total of $20.2 million.
We are also launching a Rapid Legal Response Initiative to expand statewide legal capacity for emergency immigration defense and support immigrant families across New Jersey.
These actions will help ensure more people in New Jersey's communities receive due process under the law and more New Jersey attorneys are mobilized to stand up for the fundamental human rights of detainees and their families.
Another example of why you'll never hear us say "most people in ICE jails arent criminals."
Many Delaney Hall protesters charged with felony rioting. N.J.’s public defender calls it ‘overreach.’ nj.com/essex/2026/06/many-de…
Delaney Hall hunger strikers demanded release of the elderly, the youth, and the vulnerable. And then release of everyone inside!
There are now NO pregnant women in Delaney Hall.
And today the high school senior is released and ready to graduate.
Some down, ALL to go!
NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
Sen. Andy Kim: "It's a choice. Delaney Hall is run by GEO Group. GEO Group is getting a nearly $1 billion contract to run Delaney Hall. They tell me there is one full-time doctor for 800 detainees. They could have more doctors if they wanted to, but that's cutting into their profits."
Thank you @RepLaMonica @RepMenendez @RepJeffries for bringing the conversation back where it belongs.
This is about the original protesters - the ones inside.
Delaney Hall's strikers demand:
#FreethemALL staring with the elderly, the youth, and the medically vulnerable.
NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
Our community is holding ICE accountable and I want to be sure we have the tools to do so safely.
At our Know Your Rights workshop last night, @NJAIJ discussed best practices when dealing with DHS and ICE. We are in this together and we will protect each other.
NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice retweeted
This afternoon, I conducted a congressional oversight visit of the privately-owned ICE facility, Delaney Hall, in Newark, NJ.
What I witnessed and learned from discussions with detainees and officials was deeply disturbing and warrants further oversight and investigations. The medical neglect—denying people access to potentially life-saving care and withholding necessary medicine—is abhorrent.
Delaney Hall must be immediately closed and the Trump administration must cease their cruel, chaotic, and deeply inhumane immigration policies.
