The governor of New Jersey randomly shows up to an ICE facility in Newark and demands entry. She got denied and DHS called it a political stunt.
Here’s the news:
Protests escalated Monday outside Delaney Hall, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, after Gov. Mikie Sherrill was denied access to the complex.
ICE agents in riot gear arrived late Monday afternoon and started removing protesters who were blocking the entrance to Delaney Hall. Some protesters were throwing objects at them.
Agents later deployed tear gas.
Family members of detainees inside Delaney Hall have been protesting since Friday, alleging their relatives are being held in poor conditions and some are not receiving proper medical care.
Sherrill joined the protesters earlier in the day, when it was less confrontational, but she was not allowed inside the facility.
“My request for access to Delaney Hall was formally denied this morning, raising serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view,” Sherrill said.
The Department of Homeland Security said visitation has been suspended at Delaney Hall to due to agitators surrounding the facility.
“Governor Sherrill’s visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day, when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside the facility,” a DHS spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News New York.
The spokesperson said Kim was allowed inside to “conduct his congressional oversight responsibilities,” adding that detainees are given three meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap and toiletries.
I’d post videos of the confrontation between ICE and the protesters, but there’s really only one good video source of this and they don’t like their videos being embedded or something. They are lawsuit happy apparently, and I don’t need that.