Federal agents fired pepper balls and mace at protesters outside Delaney Hall, a privately-run immigration facility in Newark, on Monday. CBS News reported that ICE agents in riot gear arrived late Monday afternoon to remove protesters blocking the facility entrance. Among those caught in the clashes was Sen. Andy Kim (D, N.J.), who had been trying to defuse the chaos.
The Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X late Monday that “rioters” blocked law enforcement from exiting the facility, and federal agents “used the minimum amount of force necessary to protect themselves, the public, and federal property,” adding that the pepper balls did not strike anyone directly.
Here’s what to know about the situation in the New Jersey facility.
According to the New Jersey Monitor, detainees shared with their loved ones outside, via calls and video chats, how they are being mistreated inside Delaney Hall. These include allegedly finding live worms in their meals and crowding in non-air-conditioned rooms.
But the New Jersey Monitor reported that calls from inside were later cut, with one activist telling the news outlet that it was “punishment and retaliation because of the ongoing organizing going on inside.”
Sen. Kim and U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez visited the facility on Saturday, and, in several posts on X, Kim outlined what he found inside, including a pregnant woman allegedly denied full OB-GYN support, another who says she had a miscarriage inside the facility, and individuals who were arrested at scheduled interviews for green cards, among others.
Gothamist reported that protests escalated outside Delaney Hall’s gates from Sunday afternoon until the early hours of Monday after word spread that ICE had attempted to move a detainee who was a key organizer of the strike.
DHS refutes claims of subpar conditions
DHS, in a Monday press release, denied allegations of poor conditions inside Delaney Hall and accused New Jersey politicians of “spreading smears” about ICE and the facility.
“In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens,” DHS added.
TIME has reached out to GEO Group for comment on the specific allegations from detainees. A spokesperson told independent news outlet TheCity that they were “proud of the role our company has played for 40 years to support the law enforcement mission” of ICE, highlighting detainees having “around-the-clock access to medical care, in-person and virtual legal and family visitation, general and legal library access, translation services, dietician-approved meals.”
Delaney Hall’s history of issues
In April 2025, a month before Delaney Hall began accepting new detainees again, the city of Newark sued GEO Group for lacking the proper city permits. At the time, GEO Group accused Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, also a Democrat, of politicizing the issue. A federal judge ordered the city and the operator to try to resolve differences, according to a May 22 report from the Jersey Vindicator.
In June 2025, four detainees escaped from Delaney Hall after dozens of others inside the facility mounted an uprising in apparent revolt against detention conditions. The four were eventually apprehended.
Before the strike, detainees in the facility penned letters pleading for help from officials and lamenting alleged violations of their rights and lack of due process.
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