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I cover immigration at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pulitzer Prize winner. Author, “China Ghosts,” published by William Morrow. jgammage@inquirer.com
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Why closing an ICE detention center is difficult — and rare. And how N.J. immigration advocates hope to make that happen.

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By Jeff Gammage 
| The Philadelphia Inquirer
Immigration advocates don’t want authorities to fix Delaney Hall, the ICE detention center in Newark where reports of dire conditions have ignited clashes between protesters and police. They want them to close it. Permanently. “A modern day concentration camp,” Nedia Morsy, director of Make the Road New Jersey, said of the facility. “We need to shut down Delaney Hall and free everyone inside.” That’s not easily done.
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New Jersey attorney general sues to gain health-inspector access to Delaney Hall ICE detention center

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By Jeff Gammage 
| Centre Daily Times
Listen to article -0:00 min New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport sued the company that operates the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark on Tuesday, demanding that health inspectors be granted full access to the facility. The lawsuit against the private prison firm GEO Group Inc.
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Newark mayor says city will sue on health grounds in effort to shutter Delaney Hall ICE detention center

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By Jeff Gammage 
| The Philadelphia Inquirer
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Tuesday that the city would expand its lawsuit against the company that runs Delaney Hall, seeking to shutter the ICE detention center that’s been the site of violent protests over living conditions there. The suit would be based on health and safety grounds, he said, noting that the New Jersey Department of Health was denied full access when it sought to conduct a health inspection of the facility late last month.
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