NJ Agitators Clash With Federal Agents, Construct Barricades Outside Delaney Hall ICE Facility

In this The Post Millennial article, Hannah Nightingale reports that anti-ICE agitators clashed with federal agents outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey as tensions escalated around the detention facility.

• The article says agitators gathered outside Delaney Hall on Memorial Day and attempted to block the facility’s entrance and exit.
• Footage cited by the outlet reportedly showed federal agents using pepper spray while trying to move the crowd back.
• Some demonstrators were allegedly seen building reinforced barricades with materials from a nearby dumpster.
• The report says some agitators also dug up cement bricks outside the building to use in the barricades.
• Democratic Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey was reportedly present and later seen having his face and eyes flushed after pepper spray and pepper balls were deployed.
• Kim reportedly tried to negotiate with the crowd to let vehicles pass, but some protesters rejected his assurances.
• New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was also reportedly outside the facility after DHS denied her access request.
• A DHS spokesperson accused Sherrill of staging a “political stunt” while visitation was suspended because of unrest outside the facility.
• Protesters have alleged inhumane conditions inside Delaney Hall, while DHS says detainees receive meals, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, and toiletries.

Read the full story: https://thepostmillennial.com/nj-agitators-clash-with-federal-agents-construct-barricades-outside-delaney-hall-ice-facility