Photo by Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian in Newark, New Jersey
Hi r/pics, this is Jake from The Guardian US. We wanted to share this photo from a story that we just published about the hunger strike and protest at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in New Jersey.
We also published a photo essay, showing how federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists amid the detainees’ hunger and labor strike.
From our story by José Olivares:
Protests against immigration enforcement at a facility where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike erupted in fresh violence on Tuesday night as federal officers sprayed chemicals and charged demonstrators outside the jail in New Jersey.
Following hours of relative quiet, a day after masked and armored Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel pepper-sprayed US senator Andy Kim, tension ramped up again outside the Delaney Hall facility on the fifth day of the strike.
At one point on Tuesday evening, a protester who threw something at ICE officers was chased by dozens of officials, Tased and then carried into the jail.
The Newark-based ICE facility is operated by GEO Group, one of the biggest private prison companies in the US. According to activists and detainees, between 300 and 400 detainees are participating in the strike, demanding improved food, ventilation and medical care – and for their immigration cases to proceed.
The hunger and work strike and protests come as the Trump administration continues engaging in its controversial and increasingly unpopular, aggressive mass deportation campaign, targeting immigrants nationwide to detain and deport them.
A letter from detainees was published by advocates on Tuesday morning. Two men recently released from Delaney confirmed in interviews with the Guardian their participation in the strike, despite denials by the Trump administration that any such strike is happening.
“We are detained, we are on hunger strike, demanding due process rights and the improvement of conditions,” one of the men said in an interview with the Guardian. “We are not criminals. We are people who enter [the facility] with a clean record. We pay our taxes. [We are] Fathers. Mothers. Spouses of citizens with existing petitions.”
Federal agents? Huh? These are terrorists in the literal sense of the word. "...A terrorist is someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction—or the threat of those acts—to create intense fear and coerce a population or government into yielding to their ideological, social, or political demands."
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guardian on May 27th, 2026 at 19:01 UTC »
Photo by Julius Constantine Motal/The Guardian in Newark, New Jersey
Hi r/pics, this is Jake from The Guardian US. We wanted to share this photo from a story that we just published about the hunger strike and protest at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in New Jersey.
We also published a photo essay, showing how federal agents deployed chemical irritants on protesters and journalists amid the detainees’ hunger and labor strike.
From our story by José Olivares:
Protests against immigration enforcement at a facility where detainees are on a hunger and labor strike erupted in fresh violence on Tuesday night as federal officers sprayed chemicals and charged demonstrators outside the jail in New Jersey.
Following hours of relative quiet, a day after masked and armored Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel pepper-sprayed US senator Andy Kim, tension ramped up again outside the Delaney Hall facility on the fifth day of the strike.
At one point on Tuesday evening, a protester who threw something at ICE officers was chased by dozens of officials, Tased and then carried into the jail.
The Newark-based ICE facility is operated by GEO Group, one of the biggest private prison companies in the US. According to activists and detainees, between 300 and 400 detainees are participating in the strike, demanding improved food, ventilation and medical care – and for their immigration cases to proceed.
The hunger and work strike and protests come as the Trump administration continues engaging in its controversial and increasingly unpopular, aggressive mass deportation campaign, targeting immigrants nationwide to detain and deport them.
A letter from detainees was published by advocates on Tuesday morning. Two men recently released from Delaney confirmed in interviews with the Guardian their participation in the strike, despite denials by the Trump administration that any such strike is happening.
“We are detained, we are on hunger strike, demanding due process rights and the improvement of conditions,” one of the men said in an interview with the Guardian. “We are not criminals. We are people who enter [the facility] with a clean record. We pay our taxes. [We are] Fathers. Mothers. Spouses of citizens with existing petitions.”
You can read the full story for free at this link.
Bravojones33420 on May 27th, 2026 at 19:27 UTC »
Is he riding the other officer?
defwad7 on May 27th, 2026 at 20:28 UTC »
Federal agents? Huh? These are terrorists in the literal sense of the word. "...A terrorist is someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction—or the threat of those acts—to create intense fear and coerce a population or government into yielding to their ideological, social, or political demands."