A standoff between federal agents and anti-ICE protesters occurred outside Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention facility in Newark. Inmates continued a hunger and labor strike for a fourth day over the weekend. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson criticized Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s attempt to visit on Memorial Day, saying visitation was suspended due to riots outside the facility. Protesters reportedly surrounded the facility, formed a human chain around entrances, and set up barricades that blocked all entries and exits. Sherrill was shown standing outside a locked gate topped with razor wire while protesters chanted for her to be allowed in. She was denied access after Democratic colleagues toured the facility over the weekend.
"“Governor Sherrill's visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside the facility,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News Digital."
"“Yesterday, approximately 125 agitators surrounded Delaney Hall Detention Facility, many carrying anti-ICE signs and Antifa flags. They formed a human chain around entrances to the facility and set up barricades, blocking all entries and exits.”"
"Video circulating on social media shows Sherrill standing outside a locked gate topped with razor wire as a large group of protesters chant, “Let Sherrill in!” Footage captured outside the facility shows several demonstrators defiantly seated side by side in an attempt to block the detention center's main roadway, and a larger group squaring off with agents and chanting, “No more ICE!”"
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