The immigrants’ courage is matched only by the severity of their limited options. Ultimately, the pressure for change will have to come from the outsideAt Delaney Hall, an ICE detention camp for captured immigrants in Newark, New Jersey, operated privately by the for-profit contractor Geo Group, t he food is spoiled, and sometimes has maggots. Those who are imprisoned there, who have not been convicted of any crime, are forced to work for about $1 per day.Conditions are overcrowded and unsanitary; there is only limited and inadequate medical care. Those inside say that they are being beaten and pepper sprayed; the DHS has denied allegations of mistreatment, but the Geo group issued a statement last week admitting to at least one instance of “physical altercation” that included “limited use of chemical agents”. Continue reading... ...read more read less