Four detainees at Newark immigration facility have escaped, DHS says
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Four Detainees Escape Newark ICE Facility Amid Unrest
Above: Delaney Hall, a migrant detention facility, is seen on June 12, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. Image copyright: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
This facility represents everything wrong with private detention centers, as detainees are being starved and mistreated while officials block legitimate oversight attempts. When people are denied basic human needs like adequate food, of course they're going to revolt. The fact that a congresswoman exercising her legal oversight authority gets indicted while the real problems go unaddressed shows this administration's priorities are completely backwards.
Republican narrative
These detainees broke the law by entering the country illegally and now they're literally breaking down walls and escaping from detention. The facility is doing its job holding people who violated immigration law, and when activists and politicians interfere with that mission, it creates dangerous situations like this. If the deportations of criminals could be expedited without political meddling, these issues would not exist.