There must be something about the month of May for the radical "protesters" at Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, New Jersey, because May 2026 has been a lot like May 2025 in terms of the wild scenes that have unfolded there over the past two weeks.
RedState has extensively covered the clashes that the anti-ICE demonstrators have instigated with immigration enforcement agents, with one situation involving a violent agitator who allegedly kicked and bit two agents. New Jersey resident Brendan John Geier, 26, has been arrested in that case.
Another disturbing incident involved an agitator caught on tape threatening to kill an ICE agent and their family. The suspect, 27-year-old Brooklynite Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, has also been arrested after facial recognition technology was used to identify him. In a press release from Monday, the DOJ claimed that Scelfo admitted to the threats in a later interview with law enforcement.
On Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D), who reluctantly allowed the NJ State Police to get involved with quelling the rioters after several days of coddling them, announced on Saturday that five of the six agitators who had been arrested so far were from "out of state," as RedState also reported.
"We know that people from outside the state have been interfering in the protests and escalating them. Five of the six people arrested last night by state police were from outside New Jersey," Sherrill noted during a press conference, while adding that "national extremist groups" were also helping coordinate the chaos.
Since then, more have been arrested.
On Monday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin revealed that some of the agitators arrested in recent days were - you guessed it - from Portland.
"We've arrested people that came in from Portland, not from New Jersey," he said. "Came in from Portland to lead. We've seen that they've been well-supplied, we've seen Antifa flags being flown."
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Mullin also had praise for the state police, noting that when Sherrill allowed them to be unleashed, things got back under control quickly (though that is, of course, subject to change, as we've seen all too often from leftist rioters).
Watch:
DHS Sec Mullin announces individuals from Portland have been arrested during Delaney Hall ICE riots in New Jersey:
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) June 1, 2026
"We've arrested people that came in from PORTLAND, not from New Jersey. Came in from Portland to lead. We've seen that they've been well-supplied, we've seen… pic.twitter.com/RAPAy4K88A
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Mullin reveals some anti-ICE rioters in New Jersey came from PORTLAND.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 1, 2026
They flew across the country just to riot.
This is all organized and funded by the left.
The Democrats are coordinating to wreck havoc and chaos across our country. pic.twitter.com/MhoCfTAGAl
As RedState readers are well aware, Portland, Oregon, is a leftist extremist haven and training ground for well-funded violent groups of pot-stirrers and instigators, including Antifa and other Black Bloc types. The Portland ICE facility and the federal courthouse in Portland have been frequent targets.
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