Visitation Resumes at Newark ICE Detention Center
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced limited family visitation will restart at Delaney Hall Sunday. DHS said the suspension ended only after protests were brought under control.
New York PostNew Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Sunday that limited family visitation would resume at noon at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, with regular hours restored the next day. Sherrill said the change followed demands she and other state officials made after touring the facility on Memorial Day. She urged demonstrators to protest peacefully and avoid further escalation.
Background on the Protests Protests at Delaney Hall began at least May 22 and intensified after demonstrators were denied entry during the Memorial Day visit by Sherrill, Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez. On Saturday, clashes between protesters and police led officers to deploy tear gas. A fire was set in the roadway outside the facility.
A DHS spokesperson said visitation had been suspended because violent riots made it unsafe for officers, families and lawyers. The same statement said operations at Delaney Hall would continue normally once a secure perimeter was established. >"We did not cave to the Governor’s demands.
" — DHS spokesperson, May 31, 2026 (New York Post) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined Reps. Menendez, LaMonica McIver and Josh Gottheimer for a Sunday visit. The four Democrats said conditions they observed with roughly two dozen detainees "shock the conscience" and called for fair and humane enforcement.
State police established a perimeter around the facility on Sunday. Officials said the restoration of visitation would proceed under the new security measures.
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Lede misdirection: leads with who announced resumption instead of underlying security or facility conditions
The same facts could be read as elected Democrats exploiting legitimate safety-driven operational pauses to manufacture a political win against the Trump administration while downplaying protester violence that endangered staff, visitors and detainees.
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