detention facility

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Congressional Democrats sent a letter earlier this month opposing the possibility that it could reopen as an immigrant detention facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Protesters descended on Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, N.J., this weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

By the time I arrived, the scene outside Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, had become quiet.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

In letters written to the BBC from inside a detention facility, Davies says he was captured by Russian forces after being seriously injured on the front line.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“Oh, I’m not staying in a detention facility on this side of the border,” Velia said, shaking her head.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall