Delaney Hall protests intensify as far-left activists, ICE supporters converge in New Jersey

Far-right activists were seen facing off Saturday with far-left communists and socialists at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark, N.J.

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A crowd of roughly 200 anti-ICE demonstrators, heavily intertwined with far-left and socialist organizations, dominated the scene Saturday, chanting, “Stop ICE Gestapo!Communist revolution!” whiledistributing radical literature reading“LONG LIVE COMMUNISM!” and “NO PAPERS, NO BORDERS, NO BOSSES.”

ICE supporters, including members who claimed to be part of the far-right Proud Boys, also made an appearance at the protest Saturday carrying pro-ICE flags, food and cases of water forlaw enforcement.

Their arrival sent a shockwave through the heavily outnumbering anti-ICE crowd, with far-left agitators immediately rushing toward the barriers, screaming profanities and shifting their chants to “Proud Boys go home.” 

Pro-ICE supporters clash with anti-ICE agitators during demonstrations outside the Delaney Hall detention center, Saturday, in Newark, N.J.(Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

During a news conference Saturday afternoon, Sherrill claimed ICE engagement “creates an incredibly dangerous situation,” adding she refuses to “back down in fighting the Trump administration and the threats they’ve made.”

Sherrill acknowledged that “national extremist groups” have infiltrated the protests to create chaos, warning out-of-state actors that they are endangering the public and not helping the detainees.

Demonstrators for and against the Delaney Hall detention center yell at each other outside the facility Saturday, in Newark, N.J.(Angelina Katsanis/AP)

“You’re not helping detainee families, and you’re certainly not keeping New Jersey safe today,” the governor said.“Going forward, I urge those protesting outside of Delaney Hall to bring the temperature down so we can focus on the detainees and their families.Comply with the lawful orders from local and state law enforcement and let advocates, faith leaders and members of this community continue their work here in America.”

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She added state health inspectors were recently blocked from viewing anything other than the facility’s kitchen, and called on the Department of Homeland Security to stop pressuring detainees into signing deportation documents.

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