US lawmakers have been denied access to the Newark ICE facility, sparking protests and allegations of abuse, including inedible food and inadequate healthcare.
It was only a matter of time, but Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin appears to be stepping into Kristi Noem’s shoes of departing DHS narratives from reality—and desperately trying to get every American to go with him. out about the abysmal conditions they were facing.
Reports of abuse include expired and inedible food full of worms; inadequate health care; and overcrowding. But this sort of grossMonday, amid protests unfolding outside the prison.
“This is nothing more than a political stunt by New Jersey sanctuary politicians for fundraising clicks. ” I mean, I know he was already anSeveral lawmakers attempted to visit the Newark facility over the weekend—such as the state’s Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill, whoshe was not allowed in when she went.
“My request for access to Delaney Hall was formally denied this morning, raising serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view,” she told reporters. Sherrill was joined by other Dem. members of Congress, such as Reps. LaMonica McIver, Nellie Pou, Rob Menendez Jr., and Sen. Andy Kim—the latter of whom shared on social media that he, among other protesters, was sprayed with tear gas.
The armed agents pushed through the crowd, throwing several people onto the street. I ran over and stood between the ICE convoy and the crowd, trying to keep physical separation to prevent even more serious clashes. The last vehicle had an agent with a pepper ball gun and he… In a social media statement on Monday, Kim also said there was “chaos inside and outside” of Delaney.
“ Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. ” He added that the scene particularly escalated when ICE sent in an armored vehicle and armed agents to tackle and restrain protesters, and fire pepper balls and spray into the crowd.
At one point in the kerfuffle, protesters also tried to stop ICE agents from transferring detainee Martin Soto—a detainee that initially announced the strike—though DHS later said they were able to Speaking to Fox News after the protests, Mullin said he’s currently making plans to stop processing international flights into cities where “local radical left Democrats” are blocking DHS’ anti-immigrant agenda. with the first Trump administration, and during then it reportedly forced ICE detainees to work for just a dollar a day in Colorado. (This was the subject of a Supreme Court case, and in February SCOTUS“The conditions are brutal,” Selenia Destefani, CEO of Nova Law Group, which represents dozens of detainees inside Delaney, told reporters.
“People just sleep on the floor—overcrowded rooms, cold showers, no food, extremely cold in the cells with no blankets. Not sound conditions to live in. ” But contrary to anyone with eyes and ears, DHS—alongside GEO Group—is saying all this is lies, that detainees have access to medical care, dietician-approved meals, and other, y’know, human rights amenities. in ICE detention, and more than 70% of them have no prior convictions.
A recent report by independent news organizationthat among hundreds of street arrests in New Jersey and New York, more than 93% targeted people of Latin descent. And through it all, we keep landing ourselves a DHS Secretary that refuses reality.
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