{"id":885,"date":"2026-05-31T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=885"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:10:01","slug":"nj-gov-mikie-sherrill-blames-violence-at-delaney-hall-anti-ice-protests-on-outside-agitators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=885","title":{"rendered":"NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill blames violence at Delaney Hall anti-ICE protests on outside agitators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The\u00a0bulk of violent anti-ICE protesters who hurled vile insults at New Jersey police and physically taunted them\u00a0in\u00a0the chaotic standoff at Delaney Hall immigration detention center Friday were outside\u00a0agitators, Gov. Mikie Sherrill revealed Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=883\">In California, public safety loses to open-border theater<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive 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,\u201d Sherrill said in an afternoon press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The names of the six rioters arrested in\u00a0the Friday\u00a0mayhem were not\u00a0released,\u00a0nor did Sherrill reveal which outside groups the rabble-rousers hailed from.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s the latest on the anti-ICE clashes outside Newark\u2019s Delaney Hall<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pro-ICE protesters back federal agents outside Delaney Hall amid unrest near NJ facility<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-ICE protesters pooling cash for riot gear, military-grade goggles to fuel Newark mayhem<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Delaney Hall anti-ICE clashes rage on \u2013 despite NJ gov.\u2019s \u2018peaceful\u2019 protest zone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>NJ governor is blocking cops from helping feds at violent Delaney Hall protests, union says: \u2018We want to help\u2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At least some were involved in the attack on a marked police patrol car and \u201cmade threats towards personnel, creating immediate safety concerns due to escalating safety risks,\u201d said New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. David Sierotowicz.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=881\">Exclusive | Mamdani plans to spend $5.2M on his propaganda office: \u2018Morally incomprehensible\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sherrill called for demonstrators to \u201cbring the temperature down\u201d outside Delaney Hall, but promised to protect their right to protest peacefully.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The protests continued Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Around\u00a0200 pro- and roughly 300 anti-ICE supporters were each cordoned off behind separate barricades \u2014 the \u201cpeace zones\u201d Sherrill had attempted to establish the day before.<\/p>\n<p>The warring groups continued to scream and hurl insults at one another, but did not clash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, [ICE is] only doing their job, which is to protect Americans, New Jerseyans\u00a0and keep these people off the streets,\u201d said John Raftery, 70, who showed up to support ICE wearing a red MAGA hat and a sign that read \u201cAmerican First.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=879\">Two women found stabbed to death in Park Slope building that was once scene of 2024 murder suicide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0bulk of violent anti-ICE protesters who hurled vile insults at New Jersey police and physically taunted them\u00a0in\u00a0the chaotic standoff at Delaney Hall immigration detention center Friday were outside\u00a0agitators, Gov. 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