A dramatic video has surfaced showing the arrest of at least two anti-ICE protesters during a heated demonstration outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday.
The intense standoff erupted Friday evening as a line of cars hurriedly left the immigrant detention center, only to be obstructed by protesters.
Vehicles forced their way through the demonstrators, resulting in at least one individual being hit, as protestors continued to pound on and impede government cars.
Amid the chaos, demonstrators shouted phrases such as “Let’s go, coward,” “F— you,” “Are you proud of yourself, a——?” and “quit your f—— job.”
In one encounter, an agent confronted a protester, asking, “What did you say? You’re going to kill me?” before seemingly taking the individual into custody.
Anti-ICE agitators were seen on video allegedly attempting to block vehicles from leaving the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday night. (FreedomNewsTV)
ICE agents were attempting to push crowds back to remove barricades that would allow cars to pass through.
At least two people were seen on video being detained by authorities.
Witnesses confirmed pepper spray was deployed during the incident.
Video showed anti-ICE agitators kicking cars attempting to enter and depart Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday night. (FreedomNewsTV)
The night of violence followed a decision Thursday by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to remove law enforcement resources from outside Delaney Hall, beginning Friday.
“ICE increased its presence and engaged protesters in ways that escalated tensions and led to unnecessary confrontation,” Baraka wrote in a statement. “It is not the responsibility of the Newark Police Division to secure a private facility. We have made clear to the GEO Group, who has its own private security firm, that securing their facility is their responsibility, not the City’s. Our intention was never to protect Delaney Hall or HSI but to bring calm.”
The mayor went on to call it “a clear contradiction” to remain outside the facility.
An anti-ICE agitator was seen on video being detained by authorities outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday night. (FreedomNewsTV)
“We will not continue to spend resources and tax dollars in an already strapped budget to safeguard a privately-owned facility, especially when it places our officers at unnecessary risk,” he said. “Nor will we ask our officers to engage in practices that contradict our values of fairness, restraint and respect for human rights.”
Just over a year ago, in May 2025, Baraka was arrested himself for allegedly storming Delaney Hall alongside New Jersey lawmakers LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez.
Baraka was handcuffed, detained for five hours and formally charged with trespassing.
Baraka’s attorneys at the time maintained that the mayor was exercising his First Amendment rights and “acted throughout with calm, restraint and dignity in a law-abiding manner.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka speaks at the State of the People Power Tour in Newark, N.J., on May 13, 2025, following his arrest at the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center on May 9, 2025. (Stephanie Keith for News Media)
The federal trespassing charge was later dismissed by U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, who was nominated by President Donald Trump.
Despite the arrest, Baraka was reelected by constituents last month, winning more than 50% of the vote.
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to News Media’s request for comment.
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