{"id":168,"date":"2026-05-30T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=168"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:13:32","slug":"new-jersey-state-police-assert-control-outside-migrant-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=168","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey State Police Assert Control Outside Migrant Detention Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By Steve Gorman and Maria Tsvetkova<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; New Jersey&#8217;s governor on Friday ordered state \u2060police \u2060to assume control outside a migrant detention center \u2060in Newark that has become a weeklong flashpoint for clashes between protesters and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=166\">Social Media Companies to Pay $27 Million to Settle Kentucky School District\u2019s Lawsuit, Records Show<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Governor \u200bMikie Sherrill, a Democrat, said she was acting to quell escalating tensions and episodes of violence outside Delaney Hall, the 1,000-bed jail operated by the private company Geo Group \u200con behalf of ICE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sherrill, who has repeatedly called \u200cfor the closure of Delaney Hall, said the aim was to ensure both freedom of assembly and public safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I will not give ICE the pretext to expand operations \u2060in our state,&#8221; \u2060Sherrill told a press conference, joined by state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and acting state police Superintendent \u200bJeanne Hengemuhle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Other U.S. cities have experienced mass deployments of ICE agents, with President Donald Trump claiming that federal immigration officers needed reinforcements to safely do their jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>State police moved in on Friday to set up &#8220;protected protest zones&#8221; beyond the gates to give demonstrators safe places to gather, and have established vehicle checkpoints to control traffic flow, state police Lieutenant Colonel David \u200bSierotowicz told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;ICE agents and their partners have agreed to remove themselves from the immediate area,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Officials said that anti- and pro-ICE protesters \u2060would \u2060be kept apart in separate assembly \u2060zones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>DHS CHIEF WELCOMES MOVES<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In a message \u200bposted to social media on Friday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin cast the moves by New Jersey officials as a &#8220;win for law \u200band order&#8221; and thanked the governor for &#8220;allowing \u2060New Jersey State Police to cooperate with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He added that Sherrill acted after days of &#8220;refusing to allow state police to assist @ICEgov law enforcement against violent anti-ICE rioters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Protesters confronted by ICE agents have gathered daily outside Delaney Hall since late last week, after immigrant detainees contacted relatives and supporters to announce a labor and hunger strike demanding their release and calling attention to\u00a0conditions they described as inhumane.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=164\">US Investigates Vietnam\u2019s Intellectual Property Practices<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Among the complaints they listed were &#8220;food containing worms in a state of decay,&#8221; faulty ventilation, unsanitary bathrooms and unchecked spread \u2060of influenza-like illness inside the facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Mullin has denied the allegations, saying detainees are provided with adequate calories and sanitation, but &#8220;it isn&#8217;t \u2060a Holiday Inn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The facility has held more than 850 immigration detainees, only about a 100 of whom had criminal convictions, according to the Deportation Data Project, which gathers and analyzes U.S. government figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump weighed in this week at a White House Cabinet meeting, calling Delaney Hall &#8220;a nice facility&#8221; that is doing a great job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;These aren&#8217;t protesters, these people are fake,&#8221; he said, alleging without evidence that people rallying outside the detention center were being paid to protest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>ICE agents have periodically clashed with protesters, using batons and pepper spray. Six protesters were arrested on Wednesday, according to Mullin. U.S. Senator Andy Kim of\u00a0New Jersey, who came to support protesters, was pepper-sprayed at the protest early this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sherrill joined protesters on\u00a0Memorial Day and attempted to visit the facility, but ICE denied her access. Instead, she listened to a detainee account on a\u00a0phone call\u00a0from outside. Mullin \u2060called her attempt &#8220;nothing more than a political stunt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;The people inside Delaney Hall are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, and members of our community,&#8221; Sherrill said in a statement. &#8220;In New Jersey, we believe in the rule of law and that everyone deserves to be treated with basic dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Thursday, several officials of the New Jersey Health Department visited Delaney Hall but were only allowed to inspect food service and the kitchen. \u200bAs of Friday, their findings have yet to be released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles and Maria Tsvetkova in \u200bNew York; Additional reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/officemovingamerica.com\/?p=162\">Brazil Minister Says US Terrorist Designation of Local Gangs Could Impact Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. 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