Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate after Sherrill denied access by DHS

Local News Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate after N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill denied access to Newark detention facility By Christine Sloan, Christine Sloan Christine Sloan Christine Sloan is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, who covers New Jersey for CBS News New York. Sloan re-joined the station in January 2023. She also worked at CBS News New York from 2004 to 2016. Read Full Bio Christine Sloan, Naomi Ruchim, Christina Fan, Christina Fan Christina Fan Christina Fan joined CBS News New York as a general assignment reporter in spring of 2019. Read Full Bio Christina Fan, Alexa Herrera Alexa Herrera Digital Producer, CBS News New York Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Read Full Bio Alexa Herrera Updated on: May 25, 2026 / 9:48 PM EDT / CBS New York Add CBS News on Google 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 and demanding answers about how detainees are being treated. Some protesters were throwing objects at the agents, who also deployed pepper spray. The situation intensified as protesters attempted to form a human chain at the exit to Delaney Hall. Agents wearing riot gear pushed the large crowd back in an attempt to pull out a military-style vehicle, but protesters did not move, and some threw objects. U.S. Sen. Andy Kim had tried to deescalate the situation, asking protesters to step back from the agents.  Protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark.  CBS News New York "You see how much that they are trying to hide what's happening here, intentionally trying to do that," he said earlier amid the chaos, after h...