Detainees at Private ICE Jail in New Jersey Stage Hunger Strike Over Inhumane Conditions
By
Sohini Desai
If you only eat one bagel today, this is the bagel.
Summary
The article reports on a hunger strike by detainees at Delaney Hall, a private ICE jail in Newark, N.J., protesting inhumane conditions including lack of medical care, spoiled food, and neglect. Border Czar Tom Homan has made contradictory statements—first threatening to force-feed strikers, then denying a strike exists. The piece details the facility's history of abuse, deaths, and lawsuits, and frames the detainees' collective action as a fight for survival against a system that treats them as disposable.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBorder Czar Tom Homan wants you to know that there is definitely not a hunger strike happening at Delaney Hall—a privately run ICE jail in Newark, N.J.—and also that he condemns this non-existent strike.
I had beans, I had green beans, I had br...
On his ongoing Tour de Fox, one week Homan's telling Laura Ingraham that he'll force-feed hunger strikers if he has to.
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