NJ Governor Sends State Police to Set up Protest Zone Outside Contested Immigration Detention Center
State police will set up protest zones and checkpoints after clashes with ICE intensified, with officials saying nearly 900 detainees were being held at Delaney Hall.
- On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that New Jersey State Police will take over public safety operations from ICE outside Delaney Hall, establishing a "peaceful, protected protest zone" with vehicle checkpoints.
- Tensions at the 1,000-bed private facility escalated over Memorial Day weekend as hundreds of detainees launched a hunger strike over spoiled food and inhumane conditions. Demonstrators subsequently blocked vehicle access using makeshift barriers.
- The New Jersey Health Department reported being denied access to conduct a full public health inspection on Friday. New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat, said he was briefly debilitated by pepper spray during a Monday visit to the facility.
- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said state police are taking over to ensure public safety, as Gov. Sherrill refused to give ICE a "pretext" to expand operations in the state. ICE officers have agreed to stand down.
- At least six demonstrators were arrested for assaulting law enforcement officers Wednesday night as clashes intensified outside Delaney Hall. Officials are working to "bring the temperature down" while preparing for a pro-ICE rally expected Saturday morning.
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N.J. governor sends state police for protest zone outside contested immigration detention center
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is sending in state police to bring order outside an immigration detention center in Newark that has been the site of violent demonstrations and arrests in recent days.
New Jersey Sends State Police to Delaney Hall After Anti-ICE Clashes Spiral Out of Control * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Isaac
New Jersey Democrats spent days hammering ICE and demanding access to Delaney Hall. Now the scene outside the Newark detention center has gotten so out of hand that even the state’s Democratic governor is sending in the State Police. The anti-ICE crowd got the law-and-order response it earned. Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced State Police would create designated protest zones and set up vehicle checkpoints outside the facility after clashes between…
NJ governor sends state police to set up protest zone outside contested immigration detention center - The Boston Globe
The protests began last Friday after immigrant advocates said detainees inside launched a hunger strike over poor living conditions at the 1,000-bed facility, which opened last May.
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Announcement coincides with reports of influx of federal agents to Delaney Hall, site of protests and hunger strike Top New Jersey officials announced on Friday that the state police will be taking over policing functions from federal immigration officers outside the contentious Delaney Hall facility, as reports surface of an influx of federal agents making [...]
Gov. Sherrill implements protest zones to 'cool things down' at Newark detention center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents block Doremus Avenue, moving a protester out from behind their line at Delaney Hall in Newark on May 26, 2026. (Photo by Ben Ackman) After a week of escalating clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters outside a Newark detention facility, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Friday that New Jersey State Police would take over the area outside of Delaney Hall and establish protected protest…
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