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Sherrill given ‘closely controlled and limited’ tour of NJ immigration facility
Sherrill was allowed a limited tour of Delaney Hall after New Jersey sued for access, while detainees continued hunger and labor strikes.
- On Monday, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill inspected Delaney Hall in Newark, but officials barred her from speaking with detainees during the hour-long visit beginning just before 8 a.m.
- The state of New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the GEO Group for denying state health inspectors access to parts of the facility, shortly after Sherrill's restricted visit.
- A Gothamist analysis found most detainees lack criminal histories, contradicting Homeland Security claims they house the "worst of the worst," while detainees allege unsanitary conditions and limited healthcare.
- ICE transferred detainee Martin Soto to Elizabeth after he participated in labor strikes, though a federal judge denied his emergency release motion last week.
- Vowing to fight for Delaney Hall's closure, Governor Sherrill stated the inability to speak with detainees "continues to raise serious questions about the real conditions of the facility.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill says ICE detention center visit was strictly limited
Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey on Monday was allowed to visit Delaney Hall, a detention center in Newark that has drawn protests after immigrants inside complained about inhumane living conditions.
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Gov. Sherrill tours Delaney Hall ‘closely controlled and limited’ by federal officials
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said federal officials prevented her from speaking directly to Delaney Hall detainees on Monday. (Photos by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)Gov. Mikie Sherrill toured Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall on Monday, two weeks after she was barred from entering the detention center where detainees are on their third week of a hunger strike. Sherrill, a Democrat who took office in January, said the tour she received from the U.…
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