A DHS spokesperson confirmed Friday that four detainees at the privately-run Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, have escaped and a manhunt is underway to find them. Additional law enforcement personnel have been assembled to aid in the search while federal immigration authorities are calling on the public to help them locate the detainees.
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“We encourage the public to call 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE if they have information that may lead to the locating of these individuals,” the spokesperson continued.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
The escape appears to have taken place in the wake of an inmate uprising and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests outside the facility Thursday evening.
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The Delaney Hall Detention Facility became the focus of controversy in May when Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was denied entry into building and arrested after he allegedly “committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center,” according to interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.
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Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver, one of several lawmakers present during the Delaney Hall incident, has since been indicted for allegedly assaulting and obstructing immigration officers during the confrontation.
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https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/13/migrants-escape-new-jersey-detention-center/