Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, amid reports of an outbreak of disorder at the facility, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed.
A senior DHS official told The Epoch Times in an emailed statement that multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in an effort to apprehend the four escapees. No further details were provided about the circumstances of the escape from the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) opened a 1,000-bed facility this year as part of the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
While much remains unclear about what unfolded at the facility—the site where ICE arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for trespass several weeks ago—the escape took place amid anti-deportation protests outside the detention center. There were also reports of unrest inside that led to the collapse of a wall that provided the opportunity for the detainees to flee….