The hunger strike inside the Adelanto ICE facilities is one of at least five hunger strikes that have occurred at detention centers across the nation.

The nation’s rancorous and increasingly violent immigration debate came to a head in Newark over Memorial Day weekend in a days-long standoff that began with a hunger strike and culminated with the pepper-spraying of a United States senator.

Demonstrators returned to Delaney Hall on Thursday, where several protesters were pepper sprayed and have since brought out black umbrellas to fight off any chemicals being sprayed in their direction.

The battle over 24-hour shifts has pitted the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry against vulnerable patients who rely on round-the-clock care Home care worker Yungfuang Zhang joined rally outside City Hall to mark the start of a ...