The demonstrations outside Delaney Hall continued Saturday hours after New Jersey State Police officers clashed with protesters as police set up a perimeter outside of the Immigration Customs and Enforcement detainment center at the order of Gov. Mikie Sherrill.The protesters who have been challenging the allegedly poor conditions at the Newark detainment center were met with a handful of pro-ICE demonstrators.A demonstrator holds a sign in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as ICE agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 2026.Caitlin Ochs/ReutersA pro-ICE crowd, which was dwarfed by the Delaney Hall protesters, arrived with signs, American flags and other paraphernalia supporting the federal agency and its immigration enforcement crackdown.Protesters hold signs against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as ICE agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 2026.Caitlin Ochs/ReutersThe larger group has been protesting outside the facility since May 22, calling out the alleged poor conditions inside Delaney Hall.Activists and Democratic leaders have alleged that the 300 inmates inside the ICE facility are not being properly fed, not receiving medical care and are living in poorly maintained quarters.The Department of Homeland Security has denied the allegations along with reports that detainees are staging a hunger strike in protest.DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has repeatedly condemned the protests."Anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Law and order will prevail," he said in an X post Friday.New Jersey State Police riot and mounted units face off with protestors outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on May 29, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey.Adam Gray/Getty ImagesProtesters have been clashing with masked ICE agents outside of the facility since last week. Some of the federal agents used tear gas and batons in their confrontations with protesters.Sherrill ordered the state police to set up the perimeter Friday night due to the increased ICE surge outside the facility, saying it "is a threat to public safety.""This was absolutely necessary to protect public safety, and avoid escalation from ICE. As Americans, we have a right to protest -- and we will continue to ensure New Jersey residents can peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights," the governor said in a statement.Newark police officers in riot gear gather outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 2026.Eduardo Munoz/ReutersAs police erected protest barriers, ICE agents moved inside the building's perimeter fence.New Jersey State Police Lt. Col. David Sierotowicz told WABC-TV that ICE officers agreed to stand down with state police assuming responsibility.However, tensions escalated between the protesters and state officers, some of whom were wearing riot gear and shields. Tear gas was deployed and protesters were pushed back.Police try to clear a path to seperate the anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters from the pro-ICE demonstrators, as ICE agents and federal agents secure the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, May 30, 2026.Caitlin Ochs/ReutersSome of the state police were seen riding horses as they tried to push back the crowd.Rachel Cohen, one of the protesters who was at the site Friday, told WABC that she was worried that demonstrators were being silenced.Popular Reads"It is not helpful to quell protest for the sake of a false peace," she said. "There is no peace while we are torturing our neighbors on government dime inside this facility."Protestors gather outside Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, May 29, 2026.David Dee Delgado/ReutersNew Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a statement Saturday that most demonstrators complied with an order to let vehicles through, though she alleged a "limited number did not comply with repeated requests to clear a safe passage for the vehicles."Davenport further alleged that some protesters "took dangerous actions, including deploying fireworks and throwing gas canisters at law enforcement, that put everyone in harm's way."An anti-ICE protester kicks away a gas canister deployed by the state police during a protest against the treatment of detainees in Newark, New Jersey, on May 29, 2026. About 300 detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration facility began a hunger strike on 22 May to protest conditions at the center.Olga Fedorova/EPA via ShutterstockThere were no immediate reports on arrests or injuries from Friday night's incident.The incident was the latest heated clash between Delaney Hall protesters and law enforcement.Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey was tear-gassed on Monday as he tried to de-escalate the situation. DHS Secretary Mullin told reporters Wednesday that Kim "probably shouldn't have been there."Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleged Friday that someone protesting at Delaney Hall bit a federal officer.At least eight people have been arrested by ICE since the protests started.Federal agents fire less lethal munitions towards protesters outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on May 29, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey.Adam Gray/Getty ImagesRobert Frazer, the U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey, said Saturday that Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison, New Jersey, was charged with kicking a federal officer and biting two others during a confrontation at Delaney Hall Thursday. Geier was released and prohibited from returning to Delaney Hall, according to Frazer. Attorney information for Geier was not immediately available. Protestors block an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle outside Delaney Hall which is being used as an ICE detention center, on May 29, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey.Adam Gray/Getty ImagesWhile Kim and other Democratic leaders have visited the facility and said they saw the poor conditions firsthand, Sherrill said she has been denied access inside.She has joined other Democrats in calls to close down the facility.