Newark priests stand with families outside ICE detention center
[Diocese of Newark] When the Rev. George Dredden gave a phone interview about what he experienced outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, on May 25, he was still hoarse and coughing after being exposed to pepper spray.
Dredden, who serves as priest for community engagement at Christ Church in Short Hills, went there along with the Rev. Miguel Hernandez of Holy Trinity in West Orange, the Rev. Michael Muller of St. Peter’s in Mountain Lakes, and his wife, Liz Muller, to support family members protesting the treatment of their detained loved ones.
According to media reports, approximately 300 detainees at Delaney Hall launched a hunger strike on May 22 to draw attention to what they describe as inhumane conditions inside the facility. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deny allegations of substandard conditions.
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