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4 ICE Detainees Escape From NJ Facility After Riot: Reports 4 ICE Detainees Escape From NJ Facility After Riot: Reports
4 ICE Detainees Escape From NJ Facility After Riot: Reports Four people detained at a large immigration detention center in Newark escaped, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed. The escape occurred after a riot involving up to 50 people on Thursday, June 12. ""DHS has become aware of 4 detainees at the privately held Delaney Hall Detention Facility escaping," a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said. "Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees and a BOLO has been disseminated. Protests have been ongoing at Delaney Hall. About 50 detainees pushed down the wall of a dormitory room when …

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by Sam Barron
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CNN Reporter Detained On Live TV Covering LA Protests Over Trump-Ordered Immigration Crackdown CNN Reporter Detained On Live TV Covering LA Protests Over Trump-Ordered Immigration Crackdown
CNN Reporter Detained On Live TV Covering LA Protests Over Trump-Ordered Immigration Crackdown A CNN reporter was briefly detained by police this week while covering immigration-related unrest in Los Angeles. Jason Carroll was reporting on the fallout from clashes between riot police and protestors on Monday, June 9, when officers told him he needed to leave the area. However, before he could respond, they detained him, pulling his hands behind his back. Carroll and his cameraman, who captured the encounter on video, were escorted out of the area and then released. “I asked, ‘Am I being arrested?’” Carroll said on CNN after the incident. “He said, ‘No … you’re being detained.’ You t…

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by Josh Lanier
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3 Rutgers Students, Man Charged In Protest At Hillel Event Featuring Rep. Gottheimer 3 Rutgers Students, Man Charged In Protest At Hillel Event Featuring Rep. Gottheimer
3 Rutgers Students, Man Charged In Protest At Hillel Event Featuring Rep. Gottheimer Three Rutgers University students and one man from Cranford have been arrested following a protest that turned disorderly outside a Hillel event in New Brunswick, authorities said. The protest happened around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at Rutgers Hillel on the College Avenue Campus, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Rutgers Police Chief Kenneth Cop. The demonstration was in opposition to a roundtable event featuring Congressman Josh Gottheimer, officials said. Rutgers Police had set up a designated protest area to allow for peaceful demonstration while keepin…

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by Cecilia Levine