Published: June 4, 2026 β’ 2:17 AM IST Β· Updated: June 6, 2026 β’ 6:12 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Warren/AP Protests have grown tense and often chaotic at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, N.J., in recent days, as activists and officials express anger at reports of inhumane conditions faced by immigrants being held there.
At times, federal immigration officers have responded to the demonstrations with pepper spray and tear gas.
For Silky Shah, who leads the nonprofit Detention Watch Network and monitors conditions inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities nationwide, what concerns her most is what the public can't readily see.