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ACLU of New Jersey urges unannounced independent oversight of Delaney Hall
Summary
ACLU New Jersey testimony described detainee reports of denied medical care, unsanitary food, and punitive responses to protests; the witness urged independent, unannounced oversight and legislative remedies.
Amal Sinha, executive director of the ACLU of New Jersey, told the subcommittee detainees at Delaney Hall reported being denied basic medical care, told "we have no rights here," and described individual cases of delayed treatment, denial of a wheelchair, and a miscarriage without care. He said hundreds participated in a hunger and labor strike to protest conditions and described widespread patterns across other ICE facilities.
Sinha urged the committee to allow independent, unannounced oversight of Delaney Hall, to permit press and members of Congress full access, and to pass the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act. He attributed many of the specific medical and conditions claims to detainee interviews and letters and framed independent inspection as the mechanism to verify competing claims presented at the hearing.
