Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Democratic lawmakers were denied access to the detention center on Memorial Day.

Protests escalated outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, after DHS denied Gov. Sherrill's request to enter the facility.

Delaney Hall in Newark has been a point of controversy during the Trump administration, with multiple Democrat politicians demanding closure over concerns of poor conditions.

Democrats alleged that immigrant detainees inside Delaney Hall received poor food and care, but DHS says that is not the case.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Democratic lawmakers were denied access to the detention center on Memorial Day.