ICE reopening migrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey

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Source: CBS News

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reopening a migrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

The Delaney Hall Facility has the capacity to hold 1,000 migrants. It's the first migrant detention center to open under the Trump administration.

"The location near an international airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the timely processing of individuals in our custody," acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello said in part in a statement.

A spokesperson for Gov. Phil Murphy said, "We are extremely disappointed by the Trump Administration's new contract with a for-profit prison company to open an ICE detention center in Newark, one of New Jersey's most populous and diverse cities. Our Administration has previously fought to limit such entities opening in our state and will continue to do so."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-new-jersey-migrant-detention-facility-reopening/