WASHINGTON — When the overhead lights turn off at the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia, it not only means that night has arrived for Aliaksei Scharbachenia, but that panic attacks will soon follow. The attacks, which started after his detention began last August, he said, have only grown worse, stemming from the fear that he […]
For millions of families, Ms. Rachel is not a political figure. She’s the smiling, over-enunciating, overall-wearing educator who sings “Hop Little Bunnies,” teaches first words, models baby sign language, and gives toddlers the feeling that someone on the other side of the screen is speaking directly to them. That brand has been enormously powerful. Rachel […]
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Immigration Czar Tom Homan claimed that reports of inhumane conditions and abuse at the Delaney Hall detention center were false because he went there and had some spaghetti.
“I went to the bathrooms, I went to the detention area, I went to indoor and outdoor recreation … “I hear a lot of complaining about the food. I went in there unannounced … and had lunch. I sat in the cafeteria with…
Cinco personas fueron detenidas en una protesta contra el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) de Estados Unidos a las afueras de Delaney Hall, […]
(RNS) — ‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.
Sandra Hafraoui spent months trying to bring her husband home after ICE detained him on a 16-year-old deportation order he didn’t know existed.
An ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has been grabbing the attention of the public in recent weeks due to a surge of Anti-ICE protests. This comes after months of allegations from New Jersey politicians concerning the alleged unsanitary conditions of the facility and the state of those who are housed within those walls. […]
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In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside the […]
Newark officials have imposed a partial overnight curfew following several days of escalating confrontations between protesters and law enforcement near the Delaney Hall immigration detention center. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka…
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NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — In a new video series, RNS goes behind the front lines of the immigration crisis. Episode 1 is about Sister Susan Francois, who bears witness and offers 'radical hospitality' to family members and friends visiting immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall.
Whoever replaces Kristi Noem is going to have to deal with the mountain of paperwork she’s left behind, as multiple vendors await payments from the Department of Homeland Security, Axios reported Wednesday.
“There’s a mountain of backed-up contracts and invoices on her desk that the new guy will just have to deal with,” a source familiar with the situation at DHS told Axios.
The back-log on…
Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told immigrants that Trump administration deportation efforts had acquainted them with Ash Wednesday’s Scripture passage about practicing faith in secret.
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — The Newark bishops are the only confirmed U.S. bishops who plan to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass in an ICE detention facility.