Immigration and Customs Enforcement is set to reopen Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, the largest ICE detention center on the East Coast with a 1,000-bed capacity, under the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Owned by GEO Group, the facility will cost ICE $60 million annually for 15 years and is expected to be operational by the end of June, despite New Jersey’s law banning ICE from opening immigrant-specific jails. GEO Group sued the state to overturn the law, citing the US Constitution’s supremacy clause, as New Jersey currently has only one active immigration detention center in Elizabeth, while New York and Pennsylvania have a combined 1,600 bed capacity across multiple facilities.
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FDA head falsely claims no scientists laid off, as agency shutters food safety labs
The FDA has faced backlash after Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary claimed in interviews that no scientists were laid off, despite reports from several scientists who received layoff notices from food safety labs in San Francisco and Chicago. These closures have significantly reduced the FDA's capacity to test infant formula and other food products for contamination, including toxic metals and bird flu, at critical times when increased testing is needed. Laid-off scientists criticized Makary's statements as...
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