Overview
- A video that circulated Sunday appears to show a woman at a Father’s Day vigil being hit by a red Dodge Challenger while standing outside Delaney Hall, a privately run ICE detention center in Newark.
- News outlets and officials have not independently confirmed the incident or the ownership of the vehicle, and no law enforcement agency has publicly verified the footage.
- Activist groups on the ground said the woman was not seriously injured and attributed the car to GEO Group employees, though those claims remain unverified.
- Protesters said ICE agents used pepper spray after the vehicle strike, reflecting days of clashes that began with a reported hunger and labor strike by detainees over spoiled food, crowded rooms, and limited medical care.
- The episode landed on an ongoing legal and political fight over access to the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall, where New Jersey officials have sued to force health inspections and questioned GEO Group’s role in operations.