The protests and investigations at New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention center

Gone quiet · last story Aug 7

What this arc covers

The ICE detention center at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, in 2026: the anti-ICE protests that turned violent and the curfew around it, New Jersey's lawsuit for access over allegations of inhumane conditions, the deaths of detainees there, Markwayne Mullin's defense of the facility, and the state's civil rights investigation.

Earliest story we hold May 30, 2026 · 4 stories · 22 independent sources (counted once each) · 69 days

Part of Trump's immigration crackdown

  1. The fight over ICE agents' masks, body cameras and shock glovesOct 16, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026
  2. Gregory Bovino's exit from Chicago and Minneapolis and his retirementOct 28, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026
  3. Don Lemon's arrest and prosecution over an anti-ICE protest at a Minnesota churchJan 19 – Sep 12, 2026
  4. The 2026 Homeland Security shutdown over Democrats' ICE demandsJan 25 – Apr 28, 2026
  5. Deaths in ICE custody during Trump's second termMar 16 – Sep 22, 2026
  6. Trump's search for an ICE director after Todd Lyons stepped downApr 17 – Sep 17, 2026
  7. The protests and investigations at New Jersey's Delaney Hall detention centerThis arcMay 30 – Aug 7, 2026
  8. The Justice Department's suits against in-state tuition for undocumented studentsJul 16 – Sep 10, 2026
Show remaining 9 arcs
  1. Trump's order to end birthright citizenshipDec 8, 2024 – Sep 2, 2026
  2. Trump's deportations of migrants to third countries, from Panama to South SudanFeb 5, 2025 – Sep 19, 2026
  3. The Israel-Hamas war: the Trump administration's bid to deport student activistsMar 9, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026
  4. Trump's travel bans, from the June 2025 order to its expansionMar 15 – Dec 31, 2025
  5. Kilmar Abrego García's wrongful deportation and prosecutionApr 1, 2025 – Aug 18, 2026
  6. The conviction of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan over an ICE arrestApr 25, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026
  7. Trump's deployments of the National Guard to Los Angeles, Chicago and PortlandJun 8 – Dec 31, 2025
  8. Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center in the EvergladesJun 24, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026
  9. Trump's push to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and SyriansJul 1, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Aug 7– 8New Jersey launches civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall, ICE detention center in Newark6 articles · 5 independent sources
1 left, 3 center, 1 right
Aug 5– 6Mullin defends Delaney Hall facility: 'We do a great job'6 articles · 5 independent sources
0 left, 2 center, 0 right
Jun 2New Jersey sues Delaney Hall operators for access after allegations of inhumane conditions10 articles · 10 independent sources
1 left, 2 center, 2 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

May 25Jun 8Jun 22Jul 6Jul 20Aug 3

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
May 25, 20260529
Jun 1, 202636523
Aug 3, 202615112

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

18% left · 55% center · 27% right of 22 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 4 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. May 2026

    May 30– Jun 3Newark mayor lifts curfew around Delaney Hall, where days-long anti-ICE protests turned violent25 articles · 16 independent sources
    2 left, 7 center, 4 right
  2. June 2026

    Jun 2New Jersey sues Delaney Hall operators for access after allegations of inhumane conditions10 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  3. August 2026

    Aug 5– 6Mullin defends Delaney Hall facility: 'We do a great job'6 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  4. Aug 7– 8New Jersey launches civil rights investigation into Delaney Hall, ICE detention center in Newark6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right