{"id":887,"date":"2026-05-31T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=887"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:36:46","slug":"pro-ice-protesters-back-federal-agents-outside-delaney-hall-amid-unrest-near-nj-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=887","title":{"rendered":"Pro-ICE protesters back federal agents outside Delaney Hall amid unrest near NJ facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Pro-ICE supporters arrived Saturday outside Delaney Hall in Newark to support federal agents and give the leftist agitators who have descended on the Newark ICE facility a piece of their mind<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=885\">NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill blames violence at Delaney Hall anti-ICE protests on outside agitators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 200 pro- and roughly 300 anti-ICE supporters were each cordoned off behind separate barricades, but continued to scream and hurl insults at one another.<\/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>ICE supporters chanted \u201cWe love ICE\u201d and \u201cU-S-A!\u201d in an attempt to drown out the protesters\u2019 screams of \u201cStop the raid! Stop the hate! Immigration makes us great!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Icers called for Gov. Mikie Sherrill to squash the demonstrations in light of the escalations this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a bulls\u2013t protest and it should be cleared out. This is a waste of taxpayers\u2019 money. We don\u2019t want to see it,\u201d said Proud Boy member Rufus Cutt.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Walsh, a GOP candidate for Bergen County Clerk, also joined the pro-ICE barricades, telling The Post that the Young Republicans of New Jersey stand with President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they stand for law and order, and the mission of ICE,\u201d said Walsh. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of people who have stories about the conditions inside prison. It\u2019s not a good place.\u00a0You should stay out of prison, jail, by not breaking the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a jail, not a hotel,\u201d he added.<\/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>The demonstrations  Saturday were a far cry from the violence and rioting from the preceding nights, with New Jersey state police successfully barricading protesters behind the \u201cpeace zones\u201d that Gov. Miki Sherrill attempted to establish the day before.<\/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>\u201cThank you, NJSP for cooperating with us to restore law and order,\u201d ICE posted on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership sends a clear message: assaults, threats, and abuse towards law enforcement officers WILL NOT be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The anti-ICE protesters appeared at the ready to continue the chaos from earlier this week \u2014 which included several arrests and at least one man who drew blood after sinking his teeth into an ICE agent\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the crowd donned thick masks and goggles \u2014 both items of which were included on their wish list to keep them at the front lines of Delaney Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Newark police were also in riot gear in case the anti-ICE protesters\u2013 who alleged poor condition of detainees inside the facility, which the Department of Homeland Security vehemently denies \u2014 erupted in another round of mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the mob ran rampant outside Delaney Hall and hurled vile chants at police \u2014 including calls for them to \u201ckill\u201d themselves and \u201cquit your job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were also were seen breaching an orange protective fence at the facility, dragging the barrier to the sides of the street and continuing to trespass.<\/p>\n<p>ICE agents and police responded with tear gas and pepper spray, to control the mob. <\/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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chaotic and violent protesters outside New Jersey&#8217;s Delaney Hall ICE facility were finally wrestled under control Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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