Blue state ICE facility ramps up security with new barricades amid clashes with protesters

NEWARK, N.J. - Large yellowish barricades were astatine the beforehand of Delaney Hall connected Tuesday greeting pursuing protests astatine the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) installation connected Monday and past week.

An ICE serviceman told Fox News Digital that the barricades were placed pursuing Monday’s protests, arsenic they went each the mode up to the gross itself. In summation to the barricades, signs are up saying "private property, nary trespassing, violators volition beryllium prosecuted."

The installation is operated by the GEO Group, a backstage contractor, but instrumentality enforcement is besides heavy contiguous extracurricular the building.

WHO IS THE DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT AN ICE DETENTION CENTER?

Barricades extracurricular Delaney Hall successful Newark, New Jersey, connected May 13, 2025. (Cameron Arcand for Fox News Digital)

Two radical were arrested astatine the protestation connected Monday, arsenic a objection of clergy members were successful attendance and said they would person "volunteered" to beryllium taken into custody. They linked arms extracurricular the main gross of Delaney Hall arsenic they chanted and sang songs.

This protestation came aft Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democratic campaigner for governor, was arrested for trespassing past week.

Baraka's apprehension occurred during a protestation astatine the installation attended by three members of Congress, who said they were successful attendance to execute their congressionally-mandated oversight duties related to national detention facilities. The 3 lawmakers were extracurricular the installation with a radical of protesters erstwhile the gates opened to let an ICE autobus in.

The lawmakers past rushed done the gates and past security, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The lawmakers, including Rep. LaMonica McIver, said "ICE created chaos" that led to the incident, according to an X post.

"We're not asking for thing that's incorrect. We inquire them to obey our laws," Baraka said aft the incident. "To obey the policies and rules present successful the metropolis and the authorities of New Jersey, not to tally roughshod implicit the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Fourth, the Fifth, the Fourteenth Amendment and everybody connected this ungraded who deserves owed process."

NEWARK MAYOR SPEAKS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM HSI FACILITY

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to protesters extracurricular of Delaney Hall, a precocious re-opened migration detention center, successful Newark, New Jersey, connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The apprehension came arsenic activists had been calling for entree to the installation for days, which is simply a privately tally installation that was revamped arsenic an migration detention installation this year. ICE besides utilized the gathering successful the heavy concern country of the metropolis from 2011 to 2017 for migrant detentions, according to the Washington Post. DHS said that galore of the detainees presently astatine the installation are facing transgression charges oregon are already convicted of crimes.

"Who bash they privation released from Delaney Hall? The kid rapists, murderers, cause traffickers, MS-13 pack members oregon known terrorists?" Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin asked aft Monday’s demonstration.

"This was a inexpensive governmental stunt by the Democrats and by these protesters," she said. "We're not having it. They enactment instrumentality enforcement officers astatine risk. They enactment our unit successful the installation astatine hazard and enactment the detainees astatine risk. You saw that they didn't adjacent fto an ambulance through. This is not thing that this medication is going to enactment up with. And that's portion of the crushed that this politician was arrested. You can't conscionable tempest a detention installation and battle instrumentality enforcement officers with impunity."

ALINA HABBA SWEARS TO PROTECT ‘AMERICAN SAFETY’ FROM THOSE ‘VIOLATING FEDERAL LAW’

Attorney Alina Habba was named arsenic President Donald Trump's counsellor to the president for his 2nd administration. (Fox Digital )

Meanwhile, United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said she is further looking into what happened connected Friday involving the officials.

"My bureau is undertaking a thorough probe successful coordination with our Federal Agency partners of what transpired connected Friday astatine Delaney Hall. As is existent of each probe this bureau handles, each disposable grounds volition beryllium thoroughly reviewed anterior to making a determination connected however to proceed. I bash not instrumentality these matters lightly," Habba posted.

Fox News’ Alec Schemmel, Anders Hagstrom, Alexis McAdams and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.