Clergy Members Descend On Newark Ice Facility, Say They Won't Move Until They Are Arrested

Dozens of clergy members protested extracurricular an ICE facility successful Newark, N.J., connected Monday, saying they would proceed to artifact nan gates accessing nan installation until they are arrested.

The group is composed of astir 50 clergy members from Faith successful N.J. and Faith successful Action. They linked arms extracurricular nan main gross of Delaney Hall Detention Center arsenic they chanted and sang songs.

Several speakers besides said prayers for nan inmates wrong nan installation and condemned their detention.

The clergy members opportunity they person "volunteered" to beryllium arrested and that they will effort to participate nan ICE facility.

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Security unit guidelines successful beforehand of Delaney Hall, a precocious re-opened migration detention center, successful Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The protestation comes days aft Democratic lawmakers and protesters connected Friday stormed nan gross of nan facility. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin has said nan detention halfway is lodging "murderers, terrorists, kid rapists and MS-13 pack members."

The Department of Homeland Security posted connected societal media astir nan identities of respective inmates.

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"The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not person nan due permitting is false. Meet who nan New Jersey lawmakers are fighting for," nan DHS wrote.

Recent polling shows an overwhelming mostly of Americans, 83%, support nan deporting astatine slightest immoderate forbidden immigrants, according to nan Pew Research Center. Roughly 32% of Americans opportunity they support deporting each forbidden immigrants, and of those who only support deporting some, 97% are successful favour of removing immoderate who person committed convulsive crimes.

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A trio of Democratic lawmakers who participated successful nan "storming" of Delaney Hall past week doubled down connected their actions this week, arguing nan Trump management is "weaponizing rule enforcement."

Members of Congress bust into ICE detention installation successful New Jersey. (X / @RepBonnie)

Reps. LaMonica McIver, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez, each Democrats from New Jersey, made nan comments during a associated quality connected CNN's "State of nan Union" connected Sunday. 

"Chaos ensued erstwhile personification connected nan telephone supra nan leaders of ICE who were pinch america astatine that installation instructed them to spell retired of nan facility, spell to nan backstage spot and fastener nan politician of nan largest metropolis successful nan authorities of New Jersey up," Coleman said.

"That's absurd. That's un-American. That's scary. That's determination to intimidate group successful this country," she added, claiming nan management is "lying astatine each levels."

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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was besides coming and was arrested and charged pinch trespassing. Authorities declare an ICE supplier was assaulted successful nan confrontation, which was caught connected camera.