The bulk of violent anti-ICE protesters who hurled vile insults at New Jersey police and physically taunted them in the chaotic standoff at Delaney Hall immigration detention center Friday were outside agitators, Gov. Mikie Sherrill revealed Saturday.
“Five of the six people arrested last night by state police were from outside New Jersey, and some national extremist groups have become involved in the protest here today,” Sherrill said in an afternoon press conference.
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill claimed that most anti-ICE protesters who hurled vile insults at NJ police during chaotic standoff outside Newark’s Delaney Hall on Friday were “outside agitators.” Thomas E Briglia PhotoGraphics 2026/Shutterstock
ICE agents stand guard in front of Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post“To the people coming from out of state to create chaos and dangerous situations: you should not be here. You are not helping the people detained at Delaney Hall.”
The names of the six rioters arrested in the Friday mayhem were not released, nor did Sherrill reveal which outside groups the rabble-rousers hailed from.
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At least some were involved in the attack on a marked police patrol car and “made threats towards personnel, creating immediate safety concerns due to escalating safety risks,” said New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. David Sierotowicz.
Sherrill called for demonstrators to “bring the temperature down” outside Delaney Hall, but promised to protect their right to protest peacefully.
Pro-ICE protesters, some wearing “Make America Great Again” hats, rally outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY PostThe protests continued Saturday.
Around 200 pro- and roughly 300 anti-ICE supporters were each cordoned off behind separate barricades — the “peace zones” Sherrill had attempted to establish the day before.
The warring groups continued to scream and hurl insults at one another, but did not clash.
“Right now, [ICE is] only doing their job, which is to protect Americans, New Jerseyans and keep these people off the streets,” said John Raftery, 70, who showed up to support ICE wearing a red MAGA hat and a sign that read “American First.”
