Immigration Archives - Page 2 of 17

Sherrill says state health inspectors denied full access at Delaney Hall

May 28, 2026 3:44 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill said state Department of Health officials attempted to inspect a controversial Newark immigrant detention center on Thursday, and though they were permitted into a limited section of the facility, the officials were blocked from a full inspection....

Markwayne Mullin says N.J. pols seeking ‘fundraising clicks,’ denies hunger strike at Delaney Hall

May 25, 2026 8:49 pmMay 26, 2026 8:14 am

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said appearances by Democratic officials at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark are “nothing more than a political stunt by New Jersey sanctuary politicians for fundraising clicks. “There is no hunger strike at Delaney...

Kim pepper sprayed, Sherrill denied access at Delaney Hall

May 25, 2026 6:48 pmMay 26, 2026 12:54 am

U.S. Senator Andy Kim was pepper sprayed by ICE agents outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center on Memorial Day during chaotic clashes between protesters and federal agents outside the complex, and Gov. Mikie Sherrill was denied access to the facility....

Assemblywoman reshapes, renames bill targeting ‘unconstitutional’ immigration enforcement methods

May 19, 2026 12:54 pmMay 19, 2026 3:26 pm

Assemblywoman Katie Brennan (D-Jersey City) reintroduced legislation that would strengthen New Jerseyans’ ability to sue immigration officials for unconstitutional policing — but this time, she’s dropped the acronym that brought the bill national fame. The bill, A5120, seeks to penalize...

One year later, Delaney Hall trio introduces bill to protect oversight visits like theirs

May 13, 2026 12:38 pm

This past Saturday marked one year since an oversight visit at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark went dramatically awry, and the trio of House Democrats who were involved in the now-infamous scuffle have a new bill to...

ICE agrees to hold off on Roxbury detention center construction until after environmental review

May 12, 2026 1:01 pmMay 12, 2026 1:11 pm

Officials from Roxbury, the state government, and the federal government reached an agreement Tuesday barring immigration officials from converting a Roxbury warehouse into a detention center without first conducting an environmental impact study. State and local officials had filed suit...

Sherrill admin moves to quash federal lawsuit over ICE executive order

May 8, 2026 5:23 pm

The Sherrill administration on Friday afternoon asked a federal judge to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the governor’s executive order limiting immigration authorities’ use of state-owned property. Sherrill signed the order — Executive Order No. 12 — in February....