Advocates gather outside Newark migrant jail for pastor detained by ICE

Pastor Yeison Cortes Vasquez, 46, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents in Newark on March 20.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: April 2, 2026

Words: 850

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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NEWARK — On the eve of Good Friday, a crowd of pastors and faith leaders gathered outside migrant jail Delaney Hall to pray for a pastor who was detained by immigration authorities last month.

“What I know is we have a broken system that breaks people. What I know is that this administration said to the evangelical community, particularly the brown and Black evangelical community, that they would target violent criminals,” said the …

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