Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters blocked a truck driver from driving through the street Wednesday night outside of New Jersey detention center.
The protesters outside the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark were blocking the road as the truck driver for Elizabeth-based Regional Industries tried to pass through, according to the New York Post.
“If I hit one of y’all, I go to jail,” the truck driver said according to the outlet. The truck driver eventually made it through the protest to continue his work.
For days, anti-ICE protesters demonstrating against the alleged conditions of Delaney Hall have been clashing with ICE agents outside the detention center. Democratic New York Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Jerry Nadler as well as Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker visited the facility Wednesday and told reporters that the detainees of Delaney Hall are on a hunger strike, according to WABC.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there is no ongoing hunger strike inside the facility, the New York Post reported.
“The facts are all detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers. Certified dieticians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens,” DHS said via a May 25 press release.
DHS also reported in the release that the detainees of Delaney Hall are given “comprehensive medical care” — contrary to the congressional Democrats’ claims.
“For many illegal aliens, this is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives,” the May 25 press release stated.
The detention center also allows the detainees visitors on multiple days of the week, according to its website.
Many of the protesters wore masks and goggles to protect themselves from the pepper spray used by the ICE agents, according to the New York Post. One agent was using a baton in an attempt to bring order. Multiple protesters have been arrested. Protesters were chanting, “Grab your guns and kill yourself” and “Every cop, every fed, shoot yourself in the head” at the ICE agents.
Some of the illegal immigrants held in Delaney Hall have been arrested for homicide, aggravated assault, carrying prohibited weapons, or drug trafficking, according to the DHS press release.
The protests outside of Delaney Hall continued into Friday morning, WABC reported.
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