New York nuns versus President Trump
The Sisters of Charity of New York and other inter-faith groups are providing support to families of detainees at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey. Activists hold daily vigils and offer supplies to families visiting loved ones held by immigration authorities.
Why it matters
It highlights the ongoing tension between immigration enforcement policies and humanitarian advocacy groups in the United States.
The Sisters of Charity of New York and other faith-based advocates support families of detainees at ICE facilities like Delaney Hall. ( Supplied: Sisters of Charity/James Rowe )
Link copied Share Share article We arrive at the Delaney Hall Detention Centre in Newark, New Jersey, on a hot 33-degree day.
There is no greenery to soften the sweltering heat, bar one straggly tree near the entrance.
In these back blocks of Newark's industrial area, large semi-trailers roar past at regular intervals, tooting their horns in loud blasts.
Inside the 'radical hospitality tent' outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention centre in Newark, New Jersey. ( Compass: Suzanne Smith )
Approximately 800 immigrants, picked up by ICE, the US border control police, are imprisoned inside Delaney Hall, many removed from their children who were born in the United States.
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