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Trump Dismisses Delaney Hall Protesters As 'Paid' Amid Growing Scrutiny Of ICE Detention Facility
Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump has dismissed protesters outside a New Jersey immigration detention facility as “fake” and “paid for” as demonstrations intensified and Democratic lawmakers demanded investigations into conditions inside the center.
Video footage from the scene showed protesters clashing with ICE agents outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on May 25 as tensions escalated over immigration enforcement.
Speaking during a Cabinet meeting on May 27, Trump praised federal immigration officials amid allegations of medical neglect and “perpetrating cruelty” against people.
“These aren’t protesters,” Trump said. “These people are fake. They’re all paid for.”
President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin weighed in on anti-ICE protesters at Delaney Hall in NJ.
Here's why Trump called the protesters "fake": https://t.co/IkJdGqtR2l pic.twitter.com/HXTpL2cRui
Trump also said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials “run the finest facilities anywhere in the world of their type.”
The comments came after days of protests outside Delaney Hall, where detainees and family members accused officials of poor medical care and mistreatment inside the privately run immigration detention center.
The controversy escalated this week after Reps. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) conducted an oversight visit at the Newark facility.
Nadler said in a May 27 post on X that what he observed inside the detention center was “deeply disturbing” and warranted further investigation.
“The medical neglect—denying people access to potentially life-saving care and withholding necessary medicine—is abhorrent,” Nadler wrote, calling for Delaney Hall to be closed immediately.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said he rushed to the facility on May 24 after hearing detainees had launched a hunger strike.
In a series of May 24 posts on X, Kim described seeing an 18-year-old high school student “crying and saying she just wanted to graduate senior year,” a pregnant woman allegedly unable to receive full obstetric care, and another woman who allegedly suffered a miscarriage while detained.
Kim said that the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are spending “tens of billions of dollars” on detention policies that he described as “perpetrating cruelty against people.”
Trump Administration Rejects AllegationsThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rejected accusations surrounding conditions inside Delaney Hall and said that Democratic politicians are spreading misinformation about the facility.
DHS said in a May 25 statement that detainees receive “3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries.”
The agency also said detainees have access to phones, lawyers, and medical care, including dental and mental health services.
“For many illegal aliens, this is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand near a gate at a detention centre in Newark, N.J., on May 7, 2025. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
She said the actions of those she described as “sanctuary politicians” were a political stunt for fundraising clicks.
“There is no hunger strike at Delaney Hall. There are no subprime conditions or abuse at the facility,” Bis said.
Kim alleged on May 24 that he had seen hunger strikes at the center.
Delaney Hall houses individuals accused or convicted of crimes, including murder, sexual assault, and drug trafficking, the DHS said.
“These types of smears are contributing to our officers facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they remove the worst of the worst,” Bis said.
During the Cabinet meeting, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin criticized Democrats for protesting outside the facility.
“It shows the radical left Democrats’ priorities,” Mullin said, describing detainees as “rapists, child predators, murderers,” and drug dealers.
He also said that local police have refused to intervene during demonstrations.
Mullin also dismissed reports of a hunger strike, saying only a small number of detainees had refused food because they wanted meals tied to their ethnic preferences.
He said detainees were receiving adequate food, sanitation, and care, adding, “This isn’t Holiday Inn.”
Protests outside Delaney Hall have continued for days as immigration activists, community groups, and Democratic officials demand greater transparency over conditions inside the detention center.
Trump said protesters carried professionally produced signs.
“You can see by the signs,” Trump said during the Cabinet meeting. “The signs are all made by the same beautiful factory.”
Delaney Hall is owned and operated by private prison contractor GEO Group under a 15-year contract with ICE. The group announced the contract in February 2025.
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NANO Nuclear Energy connected the dots on two stories we’ve been following closely.
$NNE pleased to announce "Recently Acquired NANO Nuclear Subsidiary Secured Transportation Services (STS) Completes Three DOE and NNSA Aligned Nuclear Materials Transport Missions" The completed missions include a record-setting international shipment of high-assay low-enriched… pic.twitter.com/XuVYrFZn1o
— NANO Nuclear Energy (NASDAQ: NNE) (@nano_nuclear) May 28, 2026The company's recently acquired subsidiary, Secured Transportation Services (STS), served as prime logistics contractor for the largest single international HALEU shipment in NNSA history (1.7 metric tons) from Japan, plus support for removing 13.5 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Venezuela’s dormant RV-1 research reactor.
NANO also notes they transported an additional shipment of HALEU for advanced reactor testing in the US.
As we covered recently, the NNSA framed the Japan transfer as a landmark win for America’s advanced nuclear fuel supply and nonproliferation goals. The Venezuela operation eliminated a long-standing proliferation risk in the Western Hemisphere. Logistics details stayed quiet at the time.
NANO acquired STS for $13 million. The deal instantly converted the pre-revenue microreactor developer into a revenue-generating business. STS posted roughly $1.3 million in profits for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025.
Today’s update revealed that STS was the lead operator behind those exact missions. The company handled international licensing, maritime transport, port operations, security planning, customs, and final overland delivery for the Japan campaign; the full scope of a record-setting effort.
It also provided planning and U.S. domestic transfer support for the Venezuela HEU removal and executed another domestic HALEU run supporting fuel qualification programs.
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Federal Judge Given "Private Reprimand" After Holding Sexual Trysts In Chambers... And Then Lying About It
There is a bizarre controversy out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where a federal judge has been reprimanded for engaging in repeated, loud sexual encounters during office hours in chambers with a police officer. While the judge lied to investigators and disrupted the work of court staff, the Eleventh Circuit decided to give only a “private reprimand” and to withhold the identity of the district court judge. However, legal sleuths have pieced together clues and identified one judge in Atlanta as the likely culprit.
In February, the Judicial Council issued an order with a “private reprimand.” The order contained an array of details that law professor John Blackman analyzed with impressive research. While he admits that he cannot conclusively prove that she is the referenced judge, he declared that “there is only one judge who checks all of those boxes: District Court Judge Eleanor Ross.”
Ironically, among the clues about the judge’s identity, the order mentions that the judge attended the “victory party for a District Attorney” in 2024, the night before “the judge’s summer interns’ first day.” The Georgia primary was on May 21, 2024, and the date coincides with the victory party for Fani Willis, who won the Democratic primary for Fulton County District Attorney. The irony would be crushing since Willis destroyed her own case against Trump and his associates after appointing an attorney with whom she had a sexual relationship.
Putting the judge’s identity aside, I am more concerned with the Circuit’s conclusion that the judge should be left with a private, anonymous reprimand, given the astonishing scope of the misconduct found by the Judicial Council.
The Court describes repeated sexual encounters during office hours that were so audible that clerks and staff were left in uncomfortable silence. The other individual is described as “a high-ranking PD officer.” The court states that
“It is also worth noting the fact that the Subject Judge created a vulnerability to extortion. For two years, the Subject Judge was a federal district judge who routinely heard criminal cases engaged in a secret extramarital relationship with a prominent officer of a large law enforcement agency in the judge’s district—with the affair consisting of sexual intercourse in the Subject Judge’s chambers during working hours.”
The Court describes the awkward moments as staff were subjected to moans and noises from the judge’s chambers as these trysts took place. The court recounts:
“The Subject Judge characterized the allegations as ‘outrageous’ and ‘baseless’ and specifically denied each one.11 Apparently aware that Law Clerk A was the source of the allegations, the Subject Judge noted that the judge had repeatedly chastised Law Clerk A for performance issues, including ‘being on [the clerk’s] cell phone in court and in the office,’ ‘arriving to the office late,’ and wearing attire that the judge considered ‘too casual.’ The Subject Judge implied that Law Clerk A might have made allegations as a means of retaliating against the Subject Judge.”
So this judge not only lied but attacked the clerk. The court order contained emails and communications in which the judge states that the clerk is disgruntled and unreliable. The result was an investigation as the judge continues to lie about the long-standing affair.
The other individual is described solely as a high-ranking police officer.
This is an extraordinary and serious series of ethical violations. It directly undermined the integrity of the court and created a dysfunctional work environment. The officer and the department are likely parties in cases before the court. The judge must be independent in dealing with officers and the department. The use of the chambers for sexual encounters must have created a hostile work environment for many clerks and staff.
Then there are the repeated lies to fellow judges and investigators. Lying to federal investigators can be a crime under 18 U.S.C. 1001, and such cases can come before this judge.
All of this leaves me baffled about the decision to enter a private reprimand. The judge agrees not to serve as Chief Judge or take positions on judicial committees. Yet the judge is allowed to continue to perform that most important function of being a judge. More importantly, counsel and parties are left without confirmation of the judge’s identity. There are myriad cases in which a judge could have a conflict of interest. Parties should be able to raise such conflicts rather than be left wondering if they have “that judge” in random assignments.
The use of court property for sexual liaisons with a police officer and then lying about it should warrant a bit more than an anonymous order, private reprimand, and a waiving of future positions. This judge, who has shown serious ethical concerns, will continue to render judgments on others.
If an officer had repeatedly lied to the court, would the contempt citation for the individual be anonymous with only voluntary waivers of future positions?
In the end, determining the identity of the judge is less challenging than the reasoning of the Judicial Council.
Here is the opinion: Eleventh Circuit Order
Tyler Durden Thu, 05/28/2026 - 14:05