Families allege Newark ICE center guards beat, tear-gassed detainees ^52.3%

Gothamist - By Ryan Kost, Michael Sol Warren, Arya Sundaram - 5/28/2026, 8:25 PM

Anecdotal 39.8% - Negativity Bias 37.7% - Appeal to Emotion 23.2%

Avocates and family members of detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark alleged Thursday afternoon guards had moved through units, beating people and using tear gas, as a detainee hunger strike continued for its seventh day. Gothamist witnessed multiple University Hospital ambulances arrive, each transporting... more