Revision History

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew within a half-mile of the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility on May 31, 2026, after more than a week of escalating protests, clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement, and a hunger strike by roughly 300 detainees inside the facility. The crisis has drawn in Governor Mikie Sherrill, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the ACLU, and prominent media figures, raising intersecting questions about detention conditions, press freedom, civil liberties, and the limits of protest in the Trump era.