New Jersey State Police Set up Protest Zone Outside Immigration Detention Center

State police will assume responsibility for the area outside the Delaney Hall after ICE officers agreed to stand down.

New Jersey State Police use tear gas as they clear protestors from outside of the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 29, 2026. Adam Gray/Getty Images

As protests persist outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey, state police on May 29 set up a designated area for demonstrators and took charge of operations outside the facility, replacing ICE officers in that role.

Speaking at a press conference, New Jersey Gov. Mikie 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.”