1. United States
2. Utah
3. Letter

The people detained at Delaney Hall in New Jersey are experiencing inhumane conditions courtesy of the United States government. Through oversight visits, members of Congress have confirmed that food is rotten and inedible, there is serious medical neglect, and detainees have been coerced into signing departure orders and deportation documents they do not understand. There has been longstanding, systematic abuse in immigration detention since this administration took power, and it must stop. Peaceful protesters from the community were fired upon with pepper balls and tear gas by federal agents. Members of Congress – who have the congressional authority to conduct oversight visits at the facility – have been met with similar abuse at the hands of federal agents. The Trump administration continues to unconstitutionally target peaceful protesters, and we need leaders at every level of government to take action to hold ICE accountable and end immigration detention. Congress must demand transparency, conduct repeated oversight visits, and advance the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act. This should not be a political issue, it is a humanitarian one, and both sides of the aisle should be loudly demanding accountability and change from this administration and its armed thugs.