White Supremacist MAGA Hoodlums Disrupt Peaceful Anti-ICE Protests in NJ

Peaceful anti-ICE-GESTAPO protests in New Jersey disrupted by extremist right-wing white supremacist MAGA instigators who converged on the state

NEWARK, N.J. — The peaceful protests outside Delaney Hall's ICE-GESTAPO detention prison in Newark, New Jersey, took on a distinctly ideological tone on Saturday when extremist neo-Nazi radical-right groups affiliated with Donald Trump's MAGA movement infiltrated the protests in defense of ICE-GESTAPO's lamentable detention conditions.

The protests had begun more than a week ago, when immigrant detainees wrote an open letter describing physical and psychological torture in terms recalling Zionist Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian prisoners, including denial of medical care and food and forcing detainees to self-incriminate and sign false papers. 

Gov. Mikie Sherrill had earlier ordered the New Jersey State Police to take over security, claiming the move was necessary to protect the demonstrators from an "ICE surge" and from right-wing Fascist agitators. By Saturday morning, the immigrant prison had been transformed into a fortified zone surrounded by large orange plastic barricades and metal fencing.

State officials admitted the chaos is being driven by outside right-wing neo-Nazi instigators rather than local residents, with state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport confirming five of the six people arrested by state police this week were not from New Jersey.

The radical right-wing extremists were seen facing off Saturday with the peaceful protesters in front of the Delaney Hall immigrant prison center in Newark, N.J. A peaceful crowd of roughly 200 anti-ICE demonstrators was heard chanting, "Stop ICE Gestapo!".

ICE supporters, including members of the often-armed extreme right-wing fascist neo-Nazi MAGA-affiliated Proud Boys, arrived on the scene of the protest Saturday carrying racist and anti-immigrant pro-ICE flags and placards.  Their arrival sent a shockwave through the crowd of peaceful protesters and immediately rushed toward the barriers, screaming profanities and xenophobic and racist chants.

During a news conference Saturday afternoon, Sherrill said that ICE's presence "creates an incredibly dangerous situation," adding she refuses to "back down in fighting the Trump administration and the threats they've made."

Sherrill acknowledged that "national extremist groups" have infiltrated the protests to create chaos, warning out-of-state actors that they are endangering the public and not helping the detainees.

"You're not helping detainee families, and you're certainly not keeping New Jersey safe today," the governor said. "Going forward, I urge those protesting outside of Delaney Hall to bring the temperature down so we can focus on the detainees and their families. Comply with the lawful orders from local and state law enforcement and let advocates, faith leaders and members of this community continue their work here in America."

She added state health inspectors were recently blocked by ICE from viewing anything other than the facility's kitchen, and called on the Department of Homeland Security to stop forcing prisoners into signing deportation documents.

The Governor said she found common ground with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Markwayne Mullin after she deployed state police to maintain order outside the Newark immigration prison - Delaney Hall -  that has been the site of anti-ICE protests.

Sherrill said the New Jersey police officers responded to protests taking place outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prison in Newark and that she was denied access to the prison earlier this week. The governor announced the creation of designated protest zones to “avoid escalation from ICE.”

“My top priority is keeping New Jerseyans and our communities safe – and an increased ICE surge in the area outside of Delaney Hall is a threat to public safety,” she wrote on the social platform X Saturday morning. “As Americans, we have a right to protest – and we will continue to ensure New Jersey residents can peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights.”

Sherrill has repeatedly called for the closure of the 1,000-bed prison facility.

“Today and going forward, I urge everyone to work together to bring the temperature down. We need to focus on advocating for better conditions for the detainees, for their families, and ultimately, for the closure of Delaney Hall.”

But Trump-appointee Mullin on Saturday welcomed the governor’s decision, thanking her “for cooperating with us to help restore law and order,” in a post on X. “We support every Americans constitutional right to peacefully protest. No one has the right to RIOT and ASSAULT law enforcement. We hope to build on this partnership and work together to remove the worst of the worst from New Jersey communities.”

Communities across the country are increasingly outraged at the violations of immigrants' human rights by Trump's ICE-GESTAPO police.