"When I go to Delaney Hall I speak to numerous detainees there. They tell me how they have signed a voluntary deportation agreement months ago and are literally still being held at the detention center,"
"Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) says the push for profits within the mass deportation-industrial complex has put it at odds with the Trump administration's goal of deporting millions of immigrants as quickly as possible."
"Federal prosecutors have charged her with three counts of forcibly interfering with a federal officer. During an interview on Capitol Hill, the first-year lawmaker said she had spoken to multiple detainees at the Delany Hall facility who told her they had voluntarily agreed to leave the country, but were still being held in the US months afterward."
Accusations that ICE functions as a profit engine for private prison contractors have been raised in immigration policy debates. Rep. LaMonica McIver says profit incentives within a deportation-industrial complex conflict with goals to deport millions quickly. She describes speaking with detainees at the Delany Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, who said they had signed voluntary deportation agreements months earlier but remained held in the United States. McIver faces up to 17 years in prison after federal prosecutors charged her with forcibly interfering with a federal officer for making contact with an ICE agent outside the facility. ICE did not comment on detention length, while its statistics indicate average in-custody stays have increased from September 2023 to September 2025.
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