Several detainees at an immigration detention center in New Jersey escaped Thursday following an incident, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed.
A DHS spokesperson confirmed Friday that four detainees at the privately-run Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey, have escaped and a manhunt is underway to find them. Additional law enforcement personnel have been assembled to aid in the search while federal immigration authorities are calling on the public to help them locate the detainees. (RELATED: ‘The Stakes Are Real’: Border Hawks Counting On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ To Reach Finish Line)
“DHS has become aware of 4 detainees at the privately held Delaney Hall Detention Facility escaping,” a senior official with the department stated to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees and a BOLO has been disseminated.”
“We encourage the public to call 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE if they have information that may lead to the locating of these individuals,” the spokesperson continued.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
The escape appears to have taken place in the wake of an inmate uprising and anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests outside the facility Thursday evening.
Roughly 50 inmates at the Newark detention center got together and knocked down a dormitory room wall in reaction to their meals allegedly being late, according to NJ Advance Media. Outside of the facility, around three dozen individuals belonging to groups that regularly protest were demonstrating against immigration enforcement and witnessed heavily armed authorities arrive around 6:00 p.m.
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