Five days after an oversight visit at a Newark immigrant detention center turned into a nationally watched incident, the specter of Delaney Hall continues

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark walks past Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents standing near a gate to Delaney Hall, a newly converted immigrant detention centre, during a protest near the facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. The Ma

The contrast between ICE officers in camouflage fatigues and the “nice old ladies” protesting outside the immigrant detention center might have been comic if not for the guns and plastic wrist cuffs the officers carried and the violent confrontation between Newark Police and other demonstrators the night before.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agency has recognized the right of members of Congress to visit detention facilities —even unannounced.

Democrats are putting greater focus on illegal immigrants as opposed to American citizens following Friday’s Delaney Hall incident, GOP leader said.

News of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest outside of a newly reopened migrant detention center made news across the country, and the controversy is set to

They don’t deserve to be in the House,” Noem said of the New Jersey lawmakers involved in the incident. “They should be censured by it.”

An NJ Advance Media reporter on the scene said security for ICE allowed the mayor and the city’s lawyer beyond the gates. The congress members were already on the other side of the gate at this time. However, none of the video released by the Department of Homeland Security shows the interaction.