U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reopening the 1,000-bed detention middle at Delaney Corridor in Newark after reaching an settlement with the proprietor to reestablish the federal immigration processing facility, the federal government mentioned Wednesday.
The detention middle is six occasions the scale of the state’s solely different detention middle, which is in Elizabeth. No particular date was declared however ICE described the reopening as imminent.
ICE says the ability will develop its detention capability within the Northeast, enhancing the company’s means to handle the area’s rising enforcement and elimination operations in live performance with President Donald Trump’s crackdown.
“This detention center is the first to open under the new administration,” performing ICE Director Caleb Vitello mentioned in a press release. “The situation close to a global airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the well timed processing of people in our custody as we pursue President Trump’s mandate to arrest, detain and take away unlawful aliens from our communities.”
