Near My Home, the Most Intense ICE Protests Since Minneapolis Are Unfolding. It's Not Hard to See Why.

Delaney Hall in Newark became quiet after a week of violence outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. A small group of protesters remained near a tent for organizers and visitors, while armed ICE agents guarded an entrance with faces covered and tactical gear. Protesters taunted agents during chants condemning ICE and fascism, and some agents responded with amusement. New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a formerly undocumented immigrant, called for shutting down the facility after reports of a woman experiencing a miscarriage while detained. Inside the facility, detainees launched a hunger and labor strike involving deteriorating conditions, including poor meals, inadequate medical care, ventilation problems, delayed hearings, and pressure to sign self-deportation papers.

"Late last week, roughly 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike inside Delaney Hall over deteriorating conditions, including inedible meals, insufficient medical care for detainees with cancer or diabetes, poor ventilation, delayed hearings, and pressure to sign papers to self-deport. For months, lawmakers inspecting the facility have corroborated reports of inhumane conditions and called for im"

"At another entrance, reporters clustered around New York Rep. Adriano Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. He had just exited Delaney Hall and declared that the facility needed to be shut down. "The women there are under attack," he said, referring to reports of a woman who is said to have experienced a miscarriage while detained inside."

"The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves. When chants of "No ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA" broke out, one agent started beating his hands to the rhythm and bopping his head. Another protester turned to one ICE agent who appeared to be of East Asian descent and told him he should know better, referencing the U.S. government's incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. A few other agents chuckled and called back, "That's racist!""

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