On Tuesday, the day the center reopened, he had previously visited and said that ICE officials had denied Newark fire inspectors access to the facility in spite of a judge’s order allowing the city to perform a safety check.
Representatives LaMonica McIver, Rob Menendez, and Bonnie Watson Coleman participated in the march on Friday.
“An ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances,” Coleman wrote on X.
According to her, the group’s purpose was to use its oversight power and conduct an in-person assessment of the situation.
We’re at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city & in violation of local ordinances.
We’ve heard stories of what it’s like in other ICE prisons. We’re exercising our oversight authority to see for ourselves.@RepLaMonica @RepMenendez pic.twitter.com/OIJuePH2XS
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) May 9, 2025
In an interview with Martha MacCallum of Fox News, Habba, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in March.
Claimed that Baraka “was put under arrest inside the facility, walked out when he was told he was under arrest, and then was cuffed.”
