Protests over ‘cruel’ conditions at New Jersey ICE facility draw counterprotest and a curfew

Tensions rose at a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention center on Saturday as a group of pro-ICE protesters faced off with demonstrators who have maintained a presence outside the facility for more than a week in support of detainees who they say are enduring inhumane conditions inside

Tensions rose at a Newark, New Jersey, immigration detention center on Saturday as a group of pro-ICE protesters faced off with demonstrators who have maintained a presence outside the facility for more than a week in support of detainees who they say are enduring inhumane conditions inside.

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Continued late-night clashes with authorities outside ICE’s Delaney Hall Detention Facility prompted Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to institute a 9 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew until further notice.

The curfew applies to the area within a half-mile of Delaney Hall, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a statement. Baraka said those who violate the closure and curfew will be removed and prosecuted.