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Religious leaders block ICE detention center in Newark, dare officials to arrest them

Ellsworth Toohey
May 12, 2025
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A large group of priests, rabbis, and imams called ICE's bluff Monday at Newark's Delaney Hall Detention Center, blocking the gates and daring officials to arrest them.

When an ambulance showed up, supposedly needing entry, the clergy stood their ground. "There was no danger there," one protest leader told Fox News, suggesting…

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