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NJ State Police Join Crackdown Against Supporters of Hunger-Striking Immigrants at Delaney Hall

2026-06-01 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt An estimated 300 immigrants detained at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, are continuing a hunger and labor strike to demand their freedom. Amid ongoing protests, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has deployed state police, who erected a barricade around the facility and have reportedly brutalized activists. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has also imposed a nightly curfew around Delaney Hall until further notice. Local investigative journalist Bob Hennelly joins Democracy Now! to talk about the ongoing hunger and labor strike, launched on May 22, and its historical implications in Newark and the rest of the country. In letters at the outset of their strike detailing the conditions in the ICE jail, detainees have “written something that I think historians will say is equivalent to the Declaration of Independence,” says Hennelly, “because they so vividly describe the way they’ve been deprived of all the basic human rights that we’ve come to associate with this nation.” Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@laurabartoletti6412 2026-06-01

..... remember a decade or two ago when people wondered why police & law enforcement were stocking up on protective gear & army vehicles & munitions ?? ..... remember people asked WHY ? FOR WHAT ?? ..... 2020 ..... 2025 .... 2026 ....

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@jesusdidntcharge143 2026-06-01

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor. Voltaire

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@gb1701 2026-06-01

The New Jersey governor is trying to play both sides of the issue in pretending to be concerned about the detainees and the protestors, while claiming she is sending in her state police to "control the situation" only to avoid the feds from sending in ICE armies to invade. Yet those same state cops are now attacking and beating protestors while suppressing the press's right to report all to avoid ICE from doing the same. Her police should be protecting the protestors not performing ICE's violent mission for them. She is a fascist collaborator and deserves no credit for allegedly being on the "right side" of this issue.

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@Gods-decision 2026-06-01

Who has freedom ? No one 😢.. Who has the illusion of freedom ? You do.. 😅

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@robinclark9805 2026-06-01

This NJ governor is inciting violence 😮😢😮😢

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@bpalpha 2026-06-01

Hail to Status Coup for reporting about the Delaney protest from the start. Please consider putting Jordan on to detail the maltreatment of peaceful protesters.

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@switch1237 2026-06-01

Great reporting

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@Mustangmg05 2026-06-03

Let em starve

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@joleneperez8097 2026-06-02

Damn Right! The more people keep interfering, and causing trouble the longer it’s going to take to get them out of their property.

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@af5iu696 2026-06-01

I watched "The Anniversary" on Hulu last night and it reminded me of what is happening right now in the United States.

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