Family visitation resumes at New Jersey ICE detention center after days of protests

ImmigrationFamily visitation resumes at New Jersey ICE detention center after days of protestsGov. Mikie Sherrill said DHS agreed to restore visits after suspending them amid protests, arrests and clashes outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Police deploy riot shields against protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, N.J., on Saturday.Spencer Platt / Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 31, 2026, 12:57 PM EDTBy Cristian SantanaFamily visitation at a New Jersey immigration detention center is set to resume after being suspended amid days of protests, arrests and clashes outside the facility, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Sunday.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In a statement posted on social media, Sherrill said the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to restore visitation at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention facility in Newark that has become the focus of demonstrations over allegations of poor conditions and mistreatment of detainees.“Starting today, limited visitation will resume at noon, and regular visitation hours will be restored beginning tomorrow,” Sherrill said. “Families should contact the facility directly for additional details.”The governor said the move is a response to demands from state officials and advocates who have spent days criticizing conditions inside the facility and calling for greater transparency.The announcement came after a tense week in which New Jersey State Police assumed responsibility for security outside Delaney Hall and established designated areas for protests in an effort to prevent further clashes between demonstrators and federal authorities.Protesters have been gathering outside Delaney Hall for more than week to support the detainees who allege inadequate medical care, poor living conditions and delays in immigration proceedings, which DHS denies. D...