Michael Sol Warren

Michael Sol Warren

@michaelsolwarren.com

Covering New Jersey for @gothamist.com Say hello, send a tip to mwarren@wnyc.org Signal: msoldub.06

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Michael Sol Warren
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A group of at least 10 people held at Delaney Hall earlier this year claim they qualify for U visas because their treatment in the facility constituted crimes committed against them. They want NJ’s Attorney General to certify their claims. gothamist.com/news/delaney...

gothamist.comDelaney Hall detainees say they're crime victims. They hope that lets them stay in the US.They're asking New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to certify their U visa applications, which are for crime victims.
Michael Sol Warren
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The latest death at Delaney Hall brings new scrutiny to medical care provided by by GEO Group. Top Dems pledge strict oversight of contractors involved in ICE detention -- should the party have midterm success Gave @davidfbrand.bsky.social a hand on this one gothamist.com/news/democra...

gothamist.comDemocrats promise stricter oversight of immigration detention company if they win majorityGEO Group runs at least two dozen migrant detention centers nationwide and has been plagued with claims of medical neglect, including in New Jersey.

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ProPublica
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NEW: The EPA spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica show that years later, many yards still have harmful levels of lead.

propublica.orgThe EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show th...

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Arya Sundaram
@aryasundaram.bsky.social

NEW: A second ICE detainee at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ died this weekend. His mother says he wasn't given prescribed meds for diabetes, seizures, and blood pressure, which ICE denies. w/ @michaelsolwarren.com gothamist.com/news/second-...

gothamist.comSecond detainee dies after being held at Delaney Hall ICE detention centerThe family alleges Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo was denied needed medication while detained. ICE says he received appropriate medical care and prescribed medication.
Michael Sol Warren
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A software glitch caused more than 6,000 noncitizens to be registered to vote in New Jersey, Gov. Sherrill announced today. She pledged accountability, and blasted former Gov. Phil Murphy for how his administration handled the problem gothamist.com/news/softwar...

gothamist.comSoftware glitch allowed nearly 400 non-US citizens to vote in NJ, Gov. Sherrill saysMore than 6,000 people were registered, even though they indicated they were not U.S. citizens.
Michael Sol Warren
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"They overpaid for it, and now they're caught holding the bag, and they're upset," Sherrill told me earlier today. "It turns out when you do stupid things, you lose in court, and that's just what happened." gothamist.com/news/it-make...

gothamist.com'It makes no sense': NJ Gov. Sherrill blasts Trump reversal on Roxbury ICE detention centerThe DHS says it may still convert a North Jersey warehouse into an ICE detention center days after saying it would sell the property instead.
Michael Sol Warren
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Stunning city council vote in Jersey City: Council rejects 15% tax hike requested by mayor Everyone knows a big tax hike is coming as the city faces a $255M budget hole The mayor hoped to spread the hit over a few months. Council says they need to see a budget first. gothamist.com/news/jersey-...

gothamist.comJersey City punts on 15% tax increase, but the big bills are still comingOfficials say there's no getting around the city's huge deficit, even with a bailout from the state government.

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Gothamist
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Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. said he was hospitalized with depression earlier this year, speaking publicly for the first time during a speech on the House floor Tuesday after the New Jersey Republican went missing in action for nearly 4 months: gothamist.visitlink.me/5ONDJm

Michael Sol Warren
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Adriana Zapata will remain in the DRC after a federal judge reversed his own order that had directed ICE to bring her back. Zapata’s lawyers had argued the DRC never accepted her. The judge had previously agreed, but now says the government has changed his mind. gothamist.com/news/judge-r...

gothamist.comJudge reverses order to return Colombian woman with NJ ties from CongoAdriana Zapata was detained on her way to stay with family in New Jersey. A judge says she can't return to her home country for fear of torture there.
Michael Sol Warren
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ICYMI a very busy morning for Delaney Hall news - @newjerseyoag.bsky.social sues to get health inspectors inside - @rasjbaraka.bsky.social threatens to expand city lawsuit - Curfew on the verge of lifting - official total for Sunday night arrests set at 61 gothamist.com/news/newark-...

gothamist.comNew Jersey, Newark expand legal push to close Delaney Hall ICE facilityThe city is expanding its federal lawsuit as state officials sue for health inspector access to the detention center.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation
@freedom.press

“ It is chilling in every sense of the word when you see [reporters] live on national television being chased down the street to a place where they don't have sight or sound access,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @michaelsolwarren.com.

gothamist.comNJ prepares for a second night of curfew outside Delaney Hall ICE centerThe 9 p.m. curfew applies to the area within a half-mile radius of the ICE detention center.
Michael Sol Warren
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Been a big day out here on beautiful Doremus Avenue. Shoutout @aryasundaram.bsky.social @ryankost.bsky.social for holding it down

Arya Sundaram@aryasundaram.bsky.social

NEW: ICE officers just beat and used tear gas on detainees at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ, per family members of people inside. This is as the hunger/labor strike at the facility continues for its seventh fay. gothamist.com/news/family-...

gothamist.comFamily, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detaineesGothamist saw multiple people taken out on stretchers and transported away in Ambulances.

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Brittany Trang
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Michael Sol Warren
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Martin Soto — the man ICE secretly transferred between detention centers in NJ, triggering a tense standoff — has filed an emergency motion for release in federal court. His attorneys argue his detention is punitive, with ICE escalating actions. New for @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/detaine...

gothamist.comDetainee at heart of NJ detention center standoff seeks emergency releaseA new filing shines light on the details of a dramatic detainee transfer over the Memorial Day weekend.
Michael Sol Warren
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Tensions remain high at Delaney Hall. Updates from overnight: - ICE tried to transfer hunger strike organizer despite court order barring move - Rep. Menendez denied entry since 8:30pm Sunday, still not in - Protestors clash with ICE agents on street outside gothamist.com/news/congres...

gothamist.comCongressmember denied entry to NJ ICE detention facility, protestors clash with officersImmigration advocates and family members say detainees have been on a hunger strike since Friday.
Michael Sol Warren
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We've updated this story to reflect that ICE has transferred the hunger strike organizer Martin Soto out of Delaney Hall. It's unclear how ICE was able to make the transfer in spite of the court order. Menendez and other members of Congress are still trying to make contact with him.

Michael Sol Warren
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A few updates on the Delaney Hall hunger strike: - Strike ongoing per detainee families, DHS continues to deny there is a hunger strike at all - @kim.senate.gov and @menendez.house.gov visited last night - Gov. Sherrill says she has reached out to ICE about visiting gothamist.com/news/hunger-...

gothamist.comHunger strike continues at NJ ICE detention center as congressmembers visitSen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez said striking immigrant detainees remain resolute; families say they face retaliation from facility staff.

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Arya Sundaram
@aryasundaram.bsky.social

NEW: Immigrants at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in NJ began a hunger and labor strike this AM. Local advocates and a wife of one of the detained organizers say there are hundreds of participants across multiple units, demanding their freedom. gothamist.com/news/immigra...

gothamist.comImmigrants at NJ Delaney Hall ICE detention center go on hunger, labor strikeDetainees have complained of deplorable conditions, including what they call physical and psychological torture from substandard food.
Michael Sol Warren
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ICE deported Adriana Zapata to the DRC last month, despite DRC officials saying they couldn't care for her medical issues. ICE was ordered last week by a federal judge to bring Zapata back to the US. Now ICE says they can't, because of the DRC's Ebola outbreak gothamist.com/news/feds-sa...

gothamist.comFeds say Ebola outbreak means they can't bring back NJ-bound woman deported to CongoThe Trump administration first said it couldn’t find Colombian national Adriana Zapata, despite deporting her to Africa last month.

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Starbucks Workers United
@sbworkersunited.org

🚨NEW: United Nations human rights experts have asked Starbucks and the US government to address the coffee chain’s “ongoing and widespread threats” against their workers. UN experts note instances in which police were called on baristas engaging in peaceful protests.

reuters.comUN human-rights experts urge Starbucks and US to address union-busting claimsA group of United Nations human-rights experts has ‌asked Starbucks and the U.S. government to respond to allegations that Starbucks has carried out a years-long campaign against workers seeking to un...

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Drew Harwell
@drewharwell.com

The maker of jets that crashed and killed everyone onboard and the carmaker fined tens of millions for mishandled recalls have suddenly decided to sponsor their top regulator's reality show purely for the love of the open road www.wsj.com/business/boe...

wsj.comBoeing, Toyota Donated $1 Million Each to Transportation Secretary’s Road-Trip ShowA video series will feature Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family on a road trip to mark America’s 250th birthday and promote tourism.
Michael Sol Warren
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Adriana Zapata fled torture in Colombia and was trying to get to family in NJ when she was detained by ICE in 2024. She’d been kept in Texas until last month, when she was deported to Africa. Now a federal judge has ordered ICE to bring her back to America. gothamist.com/news/nj-boun...

gothamist.comNJ-bound woman was deported to Congo. Feds must say how they'll bring her back to US.Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata was deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a judge ruled she could not be deported to her home country of Colombia.
Michael Sol Warren
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Feds must file an update on efforts to return Adriana by 5pm tonight, and more reports every 72 hours after that. Adriana’s family and lawyer say being sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo — which never agreed to take her! — has taken a toll physically and mentally

Michael Sol Warren
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Nearly 300 ICE detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark have signed an open letter detailing due process complaints and tough conditions inside. Immigration advocates say the letter -- the second one released this year -- is an impressive sign of organization inside gothamist.com/news/letter-...

gothamist.comLetter with 300 signatures describes 'torture' ICE detainees face in NewarkIt's appears to be an escalation of detainees' efforts to organize at a facility where an uprising last year resulted in multiple escapes.
Michael Sol Warren
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Jersey City leaders -- grappling with a $255 million budget crisis -- are weighing scaling back, or eliminating entirely, the Via Jersey City microtransit program that has provided more than 3 million rides since 2020 gothamist.com/news/jersey-...

gothamist.comJersey City weighs cutting Via microtransit service amid budget crisisVia Jersey City has served millions since 2020, but city leaders facing a budget gap say the $8 million cost is hard to justify.
Michael Sol Warren
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Via Jersey City has aimed to fill transit gaps. Its base fare is just $2 for riders, but that's possible because of city subsidies. Mayor James Solomon's administration says cutting the service would save the city $8 million annually.

Michael Sol Warren
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“What they are doing inside of there is trying to create conditions where people are so demoralized that they will sign voluntary departure papers to not have to be in there anymore,” said @menendez.house.gov “They're trying to break people so people give up.”

Gothamist@gothamist.com

Conditions at NJ ICE facility are meant to ‘break people,’ U.S. rep says after visit gothamist.com/news/conditi...

gothamist.comConditions at NJ ICE facility are meant to ‘break people,’ U.S. rep says after visitReps. Rob Menendez and Nellie Pou conducted an oversight visit of the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark on Monday.

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Sharon Lerner
@fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW: An internal memo sent by EPA deputy administrator David Fotouhi took aim at IRIS, the program that has independently assessed toxic chemicals for decades and directed agency offices to review regs that relied on its work www.propublica.org/article/trum...

propublica.org“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical RegulationsFor decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review...
Michael Sol Warren
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Spent some time this week asking around Kean’s district and NJ political analysts one question: when a man with a reputation for being distant takes an extended medical absence, how does that play on the campaign trail?

Gothamist@gothamist.com

Republican NJ Rep. Kean has been absent for months. It's tricky for Dems to say much. gothamist.com/news/republi...

gothamist.comRepublican NJ Rep. Kean has been absent for months. It's tricky for Dems to say much.Kean's office has only said he's dealing with a brief "personal health matter," and did not say when he'll be back.