New Jersey Governor: Outside Agitators Are Fueling ICE Protest Violence

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said out-of-state protesters are creating problems at an ICE detention facility.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents attempt to move protesters outside of Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Newark, N.J., on May 29, 2026. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Saturday that people are coming from out of state to protest at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Newark and creating a dangerous situation.

“We know that people from outside of the state have been interfering in the protests and escalating them,” Sherrill said at a press conference. “Five of the six people arrested last night by state police were from outside New Jersey.”