‘It’s like they’re kidnapped there’: families tell of distress over ‘inhumane’ ICE jail (opens in new tab)

As detainees go on hunger strike over conditions at Delaney Hall, relatives describe concern for loved ones’ wellbeingIn mid-May, Elder Guerra was showering inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility when he slipped and fell.Guerra, a Guatemalan immigrant, has been locked up in the New Jersey jail for nearly five months. He was arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Newark in January while helping a friend move his snowed-in car. Officers had ap...