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The #Trump admin announced plans to reopen an #immigration detention facility in #Newark, NJ, greatly expanding its capacity to hold detained immigrants in the Northeast as federal authorities seek to ramp up #arrests & #deportations.
Delaney Hall, the 1,000-bed, PRIVATELY OPERATED facility will be the first new detention center to open during Trump’s 2nd term, acc/to Caleb Vitello, the acting director of #ICE….
#immigration #law #MassDeportations #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/nyregion/trump-deportation-facility-newark.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=CFD3BACF-ED18-4579-8137-3922AEABB353
The center will dwarf the only other detention site in #NJ, a facility in Elizabeth that has about 200 beds. The new center’s location — near major airports & on the outskirts of immigrant-rich #NYC [#EricAdams #QuidProQuo] — could play a pivotal role in the agency’s ability to increase the number of detainees it can hold & to quickly stage #deportation flights.