Article 760RY Several protesters arrested at New Jersey ICE facility as clashes continue

Several protesters arrested at New Jersey ICE facility as clashes continue

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Richard Luscombe and Lex McMenamin in Trenton
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Dozens reportedly arrested for defying curfew at Delaney Hall in Newark amid hunger and labor strikes at facility

On Monday afternoon, over an hour south of Newark, a few dozen protesters outside the New Jersey state legislature in Trenton condemned Democratic governor Mikie Sherrill's decision to send in the state police to Delaney Hall, the Newark immigration detention center that has seen more than a week of chaotic and often violent clashes.

Across the street, two people silently held a giant NO CONCENTRATION CAMPS" sign. Members of local chapters from Indivisible, a national movement behind the No Kings protests, held handmade posters reading Gov Sherrill, stop lying about Delaney Hall" and NJ Staties were the aggressors" - a reference to Sherrill and state attorney general Jennifer Davenport's calling the anti-ICE protesters violent".

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