4 detainees escape from Newark ICE detention center after 'revolt,' officials say
Reports of an "uprising" at ICE detention center
As many as 50 immigrant detainees staged a revolt at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, NJ.
Four men escaped from an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, after dozens of migrant detainees reportedly staged a revolt on Thursday.
Photos and video from outside the facility Thursday showed protesters pushing against the gates amid word that detainees inside were upset about delayed meals.
Newark detainees escape
What we know:
The unrest started Thursday evening at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark. Newark’s mayor had cited reports of a possible uprising and escape after disorder broke out at the facility Thursday night, and protesters outside the center had locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents guard outside Delaney Hall, a migrant detention facility, while anti-ICE activists demonstrate on June 12, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. Anti-ICE protests have been spreading to cities across Ameri
What we don't know:
Much is still unknown about what transpired at the facility Thursday. DHS did not specify how the detainees escaped. GEO Group, which owns the detention center, referred questions to ICE. ICE has not responded to requests for comment.
Who escaped Delaney Hall?
The Department of Homeland Security is offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the four mirgrants who escaped from the facility Thursday. They are:
Andres Pineda-Mogollon
Andres Pineda-Mogollon
Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada
Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez
Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes
Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes
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What's next:
More "law enforcement partners" have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement from the Department of Homeland Security, though it’s unclear which agencies are assisting.
Conditions at Delaney Hall ICE detention center
The backstory:
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement opened the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall ICE detention center this year under a 15-year, $1 billion contract as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
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An attorney for someone detained at the facility told NJ.com people inside became violent Thursday after meals were delayed.
What they're saying:
"It’s about the food, and some of the detainees were getting aggressive and it turned violent," attorney Mustafa Cetin said. "Based on what he told me it was an outer wall, not very strong, and they were able to push it down."
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Attorneys with clients inside Delaney Hall have had calls canceled and have not been able to get inside the facility Friday, according to Araceti Argueta, a spokesperson for the American Friends Service Committee, a nonprofit that represents immigrants.
In a statement issued Friday, American Friends Service Committee said people inside the facility reported getting small portions of food, with breakfast at 6 a.m., dinner at 10 p.m. and no lunch.
ICE ramps up migrant arrests
Big picture view:
ICE housed more than 53,000 people nationwide at the end of May, its latest public figures, which is well above its budgeted capacity of about 41,000 and approaching all-time highs.
Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and chief architect of Trump’s immigration policies, said late last month that ICE should make at least 3,000 arrests a day. That would mark a dramatic increase from Jan. 20 to May 19, when the agency made an average of 656 arrests a day.
The Source: This report includes information from The Associated Press and FOX 5 New York.