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NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) --- Authorities are searching for four migrants who escaped by breaking through a wall at an ICE detention center in New Jersey Thursday night, officials said.
The four detainees fled from Delaney Hall in Newark hours after a riot broke out inside the immigration facility, according to the Department of Homeland Security and police sources.
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim on Friday said the detainees knocked down a drywall that led to an exterior door. He called the facility “insecure.” The politician alluded to the idea that detainees will be removed from the facility in the next 24 hours.
Sources said the detainees were scheduled to be deported when they escaped. It was unclear what charges they were facing.
"DHS has become aware of 4 detainees at the privately held Delaney Hall Detention Facility escaping. Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees and a BOLO has been disseminated," DHS said in a statement.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who was arrested outside Delaney Hall and released the same day, has condemned the conditions at the ICE facility, including poor treatment and the withholding of food.
“This entire situation lacks sufficient oversight of every basic detail, including local zoning laws and fundamental constitutional rights. This is why city officials and our congressional delegation need to be allowed entry to observe and monitor, any why private prisons pose a very real problem to our state and its constitution," he said in a statement.
DHS is asking the public for help finding the escapees. Tips can be made by calling 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE.
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