ICE May Be Preparing To Disappear the Detainees at Delaney Hall
An aircraft operated by GlobalX, ICE’s dominant deportation and domestic trafficking contractor, landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on May 28 2026.
The plane, identified as GXA6112, sits on the tarmac just miles from Delaney Hall, the GEO Group-run ICE detention facility where hundreds of people have been on hunger and labor strike for nearly a week.
The arrival of this plane is not logistics. It is the next step in a coordinated effort to make the people inside Delaney Hall disappear. ICE has already transferred Martin Soto, one of the strike’s lead organizers, to another facility after protesters blocked exits for hours. Now a deportation aircraft is on the ground in Newark. The message is clear: resistance will be met with removal.
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The Strike That Threatens the Profit System
Delaney Hall has been the site of sustained resistance since late May 2026. Detainees launched a hunger and labor strike after months of documented medical neglect, lack of air conditioning, contaminated food and water, and abusive guard treatment. Their demands are straightforward: the immediate release of the elderly, the young, and those with serious medical conditions.
Congress members who visited the facility described dire conditions, with detainees reporting small food portions often containing maggots. The strike is now entering its sixth day. Organizers have issued clear demands and called for outside support. In response, ICE transferred Martin Soto, a key strike leader, to the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility. His wife, Gabriela Soto, stated that communication was initially blocked. Soto now faces federal assault charges that advocates describe as retaliatory. He had been in ICE custody since February with no prior criminal charges.
Protesters outside the facility have been battered, brutalized and pepper sprayed. No one is safe at one point Rep Kim did his best to deescalate and his efforts were met with the same brutality. Let that sink in our elected officials are being attacked by federal agents. As of now Six people have been arrested. The facility has suspended visits. The hunger strike continues inside.
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GlobalX: The Airline That Makes People Disappear
GlobalX is not a commercial carrier in any ordinary sense. It is the dominant subcontractor in ICE Air Operations. According to data compiled by immigration researcher Tom Cartwright and reported by the Project On Government Oversight, GlobalX planes carried out 74 percent of ICE’s removal flights in 2024. The company works under CSI Aviation’s $227.8 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security.
Financial Times reporting confirms that ICE business now accounts for over half of GlobalX’s revenue. The airline has expanded its fleet specifically to meet deportation demand. ProPublica has documented how GlobalX flight attendants work routes involving shackled passengers, minimal medical support, and the psychological toll of transporting people against their will.
The specific aircraft GXA6112 that landed in Newark matches the profile of planes used for both international removals and domestic transfers between ICE facilities. Its presence at this exact moment, while hundreds remain on strike inside Delaney Hall, is not a coincidence. It is operational preparation for mass removal.
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Federal escalation is now open.
Mullin threatened to pull CBP officers from Newark Airport to control protesters at Delaney Hall. That is the state tying airport operations to suppressing dissent outside a detention site.
A GlobalX deportation plane is sitting on the tarmac. ICE already removed Martin Soto. The message is clear. If the strike grows they will move people in chains. Hundreds inside Delaney Hall now face forced transfer or removal.
GEO Group runs Delaney Hall. Every filled bed is revenue. A hunger strike threatens that revenue. The response is not about safety. It is about protecting the business model. Planes. Transfers. Arrests. Federal threats. All to keep the money flowing.
This is the same system expanding under the current mass removal agenda. People in civil detention are being met with tactics that amount to coercion. Using deportation flights to break a strike is the next step in a machine built to crush resistance.
Eyes on ICE and local networks are tracking the plane and the movements in real time. They have documented the transfer of Martin Soto, the brutality, the aircraft, and the federal threat to redeploy airport staff. Organizers are calling for pressure. No forced removals. No airport redeployment. Commissary support. Physical presence.
The people inside are using the only power they have left. The state is answering with an airplane and a threat.
This is not law enforcement.
It is a disappearance pipeline built for profit. The network must stay alert. Every flight. Every transfer. Every retaliation. Every federal threat. Document it. Expose it.
They are about to disappear the detainees at Delaney Hall. The plane is on the tarmac. The federal government is threatening to pull airport agents. The only question left what the public will do?
Watch the Evidence
Protesters attacked by ICE agents amid hunger strike at Delaney Hall (60K views):
Reuters: Delaney Hall detainees allege ICE abuse and stage hunger strike:
Key Sources and Citations
ABC News on DHS Secretary Mullin’s threat to pull Newark Airport agents: https://abcnews.com/Politics/dhs-secretary-mullin-threatens-pull-agents-newark-airport/story?id=133387510
The City NYC on protests and Martin Soto transfer: https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/25/protesters-newark-ice-detention-delaney-hall-hunger-strike/
WHYY/AP on congressional visit and conditions: https://whyy.org/articles/new-jersey-newark-ice-detention-center-protest/
ProPublica on GlobalX and ICE Air: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights
Human Rights First ICE Flight Monitor March 2026 Report: https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/ice-flight-monitor-march-2026-report/
POGO on GlobalX as primary contractor: https://www.pogo.org/investigates/meet-the-ice-contractor-running-deportation-flights
Financial Times analysis of GlobalX ICE revenue: https://ig.ft.com/us-deportation-flights
Tx for the updates. Suggested narrative upgrade: protesters aren’t “clashing” with ICE. That’s what the state and its propaganda machine would say. And legacy media. “ICE attacks protesters with chemical weapons, swat tactics, and unnecessary brute force” is closer to the truth. And now ICE is beating up folks on the inside!
So when are we done with this as a people? Are we sick of seeing people be tortured and killed? Are we ready to put our differences aside about a policy or two in order to see justice in the world? All we have to do is quite simple. Unite as the 99% of humans that want a peaceful life, no violence necessary. It will send the 1% to their bunkers they so heavily invested in. Let me know when you're with me. Let's start our new era of love, truth, and justice for all !!! NOW ❤️