Demonstrators stand outside the Delaney Hall detention center during a protest in Newark, N.J., on May 27, 2026. Protests have continued for days as activists and Democratic lawmakers call for greater transparency over how illegal immigrant detainees are being treated inside the facility. Seth Wenig/AP
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on May 29 that state law enforcement has set up a protest zone outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center amid ongoing protests in the area.
Speaking at a press conference, Sherrill said she had sent state police to restore order outside the facility and established a designated protest zone to ensure public safety, as the situation there had “grown unsafe.”
