President Donald Trump is looking to hugely expand the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) detention capacity to hold more criminal illegal aliens. Jobs at the detention center will be filled with Teamsters union members, but that has not stopped Democrats from protesting in opposition.
Late last month, ICE officials announced the “imminent reopening” of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, a sanctuary jurisdiction. The detention center will have the capacity to hold up to 1,000 criminal illegal aliens for the agency.
“This detention center is the first to open under the new administration,” then-Acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello said, noting that the detention center’s proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport makes it a prime location for ICE.
The detention center
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