{"id":4166,"date":"2026-05-29T22:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/29\/new-jersey-says-state-police-will-replace-federal-agents-outside-ice-facility\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:40:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:40:27","slug":"new-jersey-says-state-police-will-replace-federal-agents-outside-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4166","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey says state police will replace federal agents outside ICE facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"2f6b2bf8-d4d1-402d-a492-5c52dbcdcf48\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a man in a tactical vest stands near people holding a banner\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5a8bcf3231c9b91536ed2414422356a68f9907a8\/0_0_5678_3785\/master\/5678.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"309.9727016555125\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Federal agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: Michael M Santiago\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"2f6b2bf8-d4d1-402d-a492-5c52dbcdcf48\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Federal agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday.<\/span> Photograph: Michael M Santiago\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">New Jersey says state police will replace federal agents outside ICE facility<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Announcement coincides with reports of influx of federal agents to Delaney Hall, site of protests and hunger strike<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-jersey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New Jersey<\/a> officials announced on Friday that the state police will be taking over policing functions from federal immigration officers outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/27\/new-jersey-ice-immigration\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">contentious Delaney Hall facility<\/a>, as reports surface of an influx of federal agents making their way to the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">As part of the state police\u2019s takeover of \u201cpublic safety operations\u201d at the site, they will establish a \u201cpeaceful protected zone\u201d for demonstrators and will have protesters \u201cmove there today\u201d, according to New Jersey\u2019s governor, Mikie Sherrill, and attorney general, Jennifer Davenport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The announcement comes amid days of clashes between protesters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) officials, during which officers have pepper-sprayed, Tased and shoved protesters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Demonstrators have been outside the detention center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/28\/new-jersey-ice-protesters\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">protesting in support of detained immigrants<\/a> inside the facility, who have been engaged in a hunger and labor strike demanding improved conditions. One of the strikers\u2019 demands has been to meet with Sherrill, who has been denied entry to the privately run facility.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"031dbf1c-6258-4004-95b9-45a51ad7f053\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-4 | 4\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-1kyw41h\">\n<div data-format-theme=\"5\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\" class=\"dcr-ak3j0c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/28\/new-jersey-ice-protesters\" class=\"dcr-1m887w9\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-ut4tvs\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1h5b6rb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-169d7yv\">\u2018We won\u2019t stop until they\u2019re free\u2019: protesters outside a New Jersey ICE facility in their own words<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-eurq8n\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fkf7vq\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Friday was the eighth day of the strike, marking the beginning of a weekend with further clashes and violence likely. A pro-ICE counter-protest is scheduled for Saturday morning at the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It is unclear how the state police\u2019s takeover from ICE to address protests will be implemented and how involved federal agents will be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The governor and attorney general\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for clarification from the Guardian, asking if state police would arrest protesters who exit the \u201cprotected zone\u201d and whether it violates the state\u2019s \u201csanctuary\u201d policy, which limits local officials from collaborating with ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A source with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the federal agency that oversees ICE, told the Guardian on Friday that an influx of agents was arriving to the Delaney Hall facility to \u201cdefend\u201d it. Agents from other agencies, including the FBI, are purportedly leaving their current casework and heading to the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">According to the source, agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will also be investigating protesters at Delaney for alleged assaults against ICE officials. On Friday, HSI agents were seen guarding the facility. In days prior, officers within another component ICE had been tasked with the facility\u2019s protection, making HSI\u2019s arrival a new development on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Acting attorney general Todd Blanche <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/2060475057231552582\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">announced<\/a> on Friday afternoon that the justice department was filing charges against a protester who allegedly kicked and bit an ICE officer at the detention center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThis is a win for law and order,\u201d a DHS spokesperson said in a comment. \u201cAfter days of Governor Sherrill REFUSING to allow State Police to assist ICE law enforcement against violent anti-ICE rioters, she is now allowing the New Jersey State Police to cooperate with us. Thank you, Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The FBI declined to comment for this story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">For days, ICE officials have been clashing with protesters outside the facility. Demonstrators are there to support detained immigrants inside the privately run Delaney Hall facility. The detention center, run by the private prison company the GEO Group, was just opened last year and has faced repeated accusations of \u201cinhumane\u201d conditions by detained immigrants, families, advocates and lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Last Friday, a group of detained immigrants launched a hunger and labor strike inside the detention center, demanding improved food, medical care and for their immigration cases to proceed. There are now more than 300 people participating in the strike, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/29\/correct-record-dhs-debunks-sanctuary-politicians-smears-about-ices-delaney-hall\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">repeated claims<\/a> by the DHS that there is no hunger strike at the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe are detained, we are on hunger strike, demanding due process rights and the improvement of conditions,\u201d a man, who participated in the hunger strike, told the Guardian in an interview on Tuesday minutes after his release. \u201cWe are not criminals. We are people who enter [the facility] with a clean record. We pay our taxes. [We are] Fathers. Mothers. Spouses of citizens with existing petitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">New Jersey also announced on Friday that state officials will also be setting up checkpoints entering the area. The detention center is located in an industrial part of Newark, surrounded by factories and packaging plants. The road in front of the facility is busy with convoys of shipping trucks, which is repeatedly blocked as ICE officers chase protesters away from the facility driveway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/new-jersey\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">New Jersey<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/usimmigration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US immigration<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-police\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US policing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=New%20Jersey%20says%20state%20police%20will%20replace%20federal%20agents%20outside%20ICE%20facility&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/29\/new-jersey-delaney-hall-police-ice?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F29%2Fnew-jersey-delaney-hall-police-ice&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/29\/new-jersey-delaney-hall-police-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center, in Newark, New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}