I found over 70 federal lawsuits alleging medical neglect and deficiencies at Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, NJ. “It’s a systemic issue that the facility is facing and they’re not correctly addressing.” @menendez.house.gov 1/🧵 gothamist.com/news/wait-fo...

@gothamist.com reporter @aryasundaram.bsky.social & Charles Stile, political columnist at The Record/Northjersey.com, talk about the latest news from Delaney Hall, and the NJ primaries: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

. @michaelsolwarren.com has been out at Delaney Hall all day for @wnyc.org @gothamist.com covering the events unfolding inside and outside the ICE detention center. Read our reporting below.

NEW: ICE officers just beat and used tear gas on detainees at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ, per family members of people inside. This is as the hunger/labor strike at the facility continues for its seventh fay. gothamist.com/news/family-...

Federal trial reveals ICE knew about 'insane' crowding in NYC holding cells gothamist.com/news/federal...

Immigrants held at Delaney Hall ICE detention center are alleging retaliation for the ongoing hunger/labor strike, per elected officials and advocates, including: - revocation of phone and tablet privileges - more transfers between units - more dorm checks - no coffee

Delaney Hall detainees launch hunger, labor strike. From @aryasundaram.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/immigra...

NEW: Immigrants at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in NJ began a hunger and labor strike this AM. Local advocates and a wife of one of the detained organizers say there are hundreds of participants across multiple units, demanding their freedom. gothamist.com/news/immigra...

A Downtown Manhattan parking garage has removed alleged ICE vehicles following local activists' protest. gothamist.com/news/finding...

Fears of ICE are driving customers away in NYC's immigrant neighborhoods, local business surveys show. In Jackson Heights, Corona, and Sunset Park nearly 80% of surveyed businesses reported being impacted by ICE. gothamist.com/news/in-suns...

NEW video shows Chidozie Okeke's car after he was arrested by ICE in Bushwick. Eyewitnesses say ICE officers smashed the passenger-side window. Okeke's arrest and hospitalization spurred protests of hundreds of people outside Wyckoff hospital on Saturday night.

ICYMI: He went to report crime to an upstate NY sheriff’s office. Instead, ICE arrested him. gothamist.com/news/he-went...

Did NYPD violate city sanctuary laws by clearing the way for ICE to leave amid protests at Wyckoff hospital in Bushwick on Saturday night? Here what a guy who helped write the laws said, Peter Markowitz, a Cardozo law professor. gothamist.com/news/mamdani...

New NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs commissioner Faiza Ali testifying on how the office was hamstrung under former mayor Eric Adams: “ It's no secret that under the previous mayor, MOIA was constrained by an administration that undermined the role of our office…"

@wnyc.org & @gothamist.com reporters @aryasundaram.bsky.social & @brigidbergin.bsky.social talk about the Columbia student who was detained by ICE; Mayor Mamdani's trip to the White House & more. Listen: www.wnyc.org/story/ice-at...

NJ lawmakers introduce the FUCK ICE Act. The bill "permits civil action for violations of US Constitution related to immigration enforcement."

Remember those ICE raids on Canal St. last fall targeting West African street vendors? Federal judges have ordered the release of at least 3 of the 10 men detained, arguing their arrests were unlawful. gothamist.com/news/judges-...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is assembling an internal team to respond to a potential ICE crackdown in NYC and other federal "crises." gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

Armed immigration officers entered a Brooklyn man’s home last summer without a judicial warrant or his consent, arrested him, and took his personal documents. That’s according to a lawsuit advocating for his release. gothamist.com/news/ice-kno...

A NYC Council analyst is among a growing number of immigrants detained at asylum offices in NY and across the US. I uncovered 14 other ICE arrests at interviews at the New York asylum office in Bethpage, NY and several others across the country. gothamist.com/news/sign-of...

Jean Wilson Brutus, a 41-year-old Haitian immigrant, died at a hospital after he had a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ.

Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat were just granted entry to inspect the ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC for the first time, following multiple attempts. That's after a judge on Wed ordered ICE to allow Congress members to inspect ICE field offices.

A federal judge has ordered ICE to allow Congress members to inspect the migrant hold rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC and elsewhere across the country. The judge also blocked ICE from requiring members to give a week's notice before visits. gothamist.com/news/federal...

“‘The extreme show of force here — seven armed agents in facemasks — was to intimidate staff so they could arrest our client in contravention of city law,’ Molly Lauterback, an immigration attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services, said in a statement.”

My latest months-long investigation: Inside the surge in ICE visits to NYC homeless shelters under the Trump administration. Several incidents raise questions about whether city staff and federal agents are following the laws. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

NYC shelter staff violated city sanctuary laws at least three times earlier this year -- according to lawyers who reviewed incident reports I obtained. Staff gave ICE and DHS info about a former resident and let them enter private spaces of shelters, reports show. gothamist.com/news/ice-ent...

An ICE officer pushed a photojournalist to the ground today at immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. The photojournalist couldn't get up afterwards, and EMS was called.

BREAKING: Eleven NY city and state elected officials were just arrested by Department of Homeland Security officers. That's after they demanded to inspect ICE holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza and refused to leave until they were granted entry.

JUST NOW: NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social was arrested by DHS police a SECOND time at 26 Federal Plaza. Lander refused to leave the 10th floor until he was allowed to inspect ICE holding cells there. He was arrested with 10 other state elected officials.

The Trump admin has moved to restart thousands of paused immigration court cases -- another tactic in the "mass deportation" effort. gothamist.com/news/these-n...

BREAKING: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order requiring that ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza meet certain minimum conditions. ICE is now required to provide beds, toothbrushes, and calls with attorneys within 24 hours of being detained.

A crowd of roughly 60 protestors chant "No human being will ever be illegal!" outside 26 Federal Plaza, where ICE agents are routinely detaining immigrants after immigration court proceedings

NY Reps @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co @repespaillat.bsky.social @velazquez.house.gov visit Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which is holding ICE detainees, for an unannounced oversight visit. Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?” The officer refused.

A big deal. As @aryasundaram.bsky.social explains, sponsors intend this bill to “decriminalize” street vending. Like the 19th century Lower East Side pushcart peddlers were, many vendors are immigrants. Police ticketing vendors brings criminal charges, now putting them at risk for targeting by ICE.

Today: - Meet mayoral candidate @jimfornyc.bsky.social, - @brigidbergin.bsky.social on local politics, - @wsj.com's Allison Pohle on TSA changes, - @aryasundaram.bsky.social on an ICE facility in Manhattan, - Columbia Law's Elora Mukherjee on TPS rollbacks Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org

‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site https://gothamist.com/news/theyre-killing-us-immigrants-complain-of-inhumane-conditions-inside-nyc-holding-site

NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC. No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space. gothamist.com/news/theyre-...

"Come witness for yourself" @bradlander.bsky.social urges New Yorkers and elected officials to observe immigration court hearings at 26 Federal Plaza.

Reps. Nadler and Goldman were barred today from inspecting ICE holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza. That’s after Reps. Velazquez and Espaillat tried to do the same earlier this month. gothamist.com/news/reps-na...

Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman enter 26 Federal Plaza to observe immigration court and ICE offices. Rep Lander was detained here yesterday.

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

ICE has made at least about a dozen arrests in recent weeks in Home Depots in New Rochelle and Long Island, according to advocates and witnesses. gothamist.com/news/immigra...

Dylan, the Bronx high school student arrested by ICE, speaks out from immigration detention. “All I want is to go home so I can continue studying, to see the people who I love, and to be free.” gothamist.com/news/dylan-b...

The Department of Justice is suing NY state for its law blocking ICE from going to state and local courts. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

An undocumented couple was arrested for shoplifting $160 worth of merchandise in Rotterdam, NY. Local police separated them from their daughter and handed them over to ICE. It's one of the first known applications of the Laken Riley Act in New York state. gothamist.com/news/how-a-s...

"New surveillance video shared with Gothamist shows that a U.S. Department of Homeland Security officer pushed a staffer in Rep. Jerry Nadler's Manhattan office before she pushed him back and was subsequently handcuffed." #NewYork #USA #Deportation #Policing

"Gothamist observed at least 14 people, including 10 men and four women, being escorted by masked plainclothes officers after appearing for check-ins Wednesday at the 7 Elk St. office." "At least one of the officers wore an ICE badge." #NewYork #USA #Deportation

“Three women who also received the message and came to the office on Tuesday told THE CITY they were instructed to return on Wednesday — but this time to bring their children with them.” harrowing new reporting from @gwynnefitz.bsky.social:

NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...

> @aryasundaram.bsky.social got the scoop about a staffer for @nadler.house.gov getting arrested INSIDE NADLER’S OFFICE for “harboring” protestors … and Nadler + his chief of staff refused to comment until a few days later when the Times followed up on Arya’s reporting gothamist.com/news/homelan...