‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison (opens in new tab)

On a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bullhorn. Detained workers could be heard on the soccer field behind the prison walls, shouting in Spanish, “¡Libertad!” (Freedom!) Ways to Support the StrikersShow up. On Saturday, May 30, ICE Out of NJ organizers are inviting members of the press and public to gather outside Delaney Hall at 9 a.m.