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US House Democrats to hold forum in Newark on Delaney Hall ICE facility
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Published Jun 16, 2026
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Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security plan to hold a forum in Newark on Wednesday highlighting conditions inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center.
The forum will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Newark City Hall and will be livestreamed on YouTube. It comes amid efforts by New Jersey public officials and immigration advocates to draw attention to conditions inside the facility, where detainees in recent weeks have mounted labor and hunger strikes, citing bad food, poor medical care and other concerns.
“By every account, the conditions at Delaney Hall are deplorable and inhumane. The facility must be shut down,” the committee's ranking member, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, said in a statement. “Anyone in the federal government’s care must be treated humanely and must be provided proper medical care, sanitary conditions, and a safe environment.”
Scheduled speakers include Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and immigration advocates Viri Martinez, deputy director of strategy for the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, and Amol Sinha, executive director of the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Adam Marshall, a U.S. Army veteran and anti-ICE protester, will also speak. There was no word from organizers on whether representatives from ICE or Geo Group, the private contractor that operates Delaney Hall, would attend.
Neither ICE nor GEO Group immediately responded to requests for comment.
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