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Jessica Ordaz
Coverage of Jessica Ordaz in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Repression and resistance’: a historian uncovers the history of migrant protests in US detention
Detainees at New Jersey's Delaney Hall immigration detention center have been on a hunger and labor strike for over two weeks, citing poor conditions and physical abuse. Protests and clashes with law enforcement have led to arrests, while the Department of Homeland Security has partially restored family visits and released pregnant detainees. Historian Jessica Ordaz highlights this as part of a long history of migrant incarceration and resistance.