Bruce Convisor

Mayor Ross Baraka said the curfew was going into effect immediately and that it would continue indefinitely from 9 p.m.

to 6 a.m.

Demonstrators have maintained a presence outside Delaney Hall for more than a week.

while detainees inside the facility wage a hunger and labor strike.

On Friday, Governor Mikey Sherrill announced that state police would replace ICE agents outside Delaney Hall, but violent clashes continued Saturday.

Still, the governor defended her decision, noting that ICE agents have previously used deadly force.

In January, ICE agents killed two nonviolent protesters in Minnesota.

For NPR News, I'm Bruce Convisor in Greenbrook, New Jersey.

Mayor Ross Baraka said the curfew was going into effect immediately and that it would continue indefinitely from 9 p.m.

to 6 a.m.

Demonstrators have maintained a presence outside Delaney Hall for more than a week, while detainees inside the facility wage a hunger and labor strike.

On Friday, Governor Mikey Sherrill announced that state police would replace ICE agents outside Delaney Hall, but violent clashes continued Saturday.

Still, the governor defended her decision, noting that ICE agents have previously used deadly force.

In January, ICE agents killed two nonviolent protesters in Minnesota.

For NPR News, I'm Bruce Convisor in Greenbrook, New Jersey.

Tensions rose outside the Delaney Hall Detention Center over the past week as protesters clashed with ICE agents on multiple occasions.

Governor Mikey Sherrill said the violence is unacceptable.

Her plan for the protected zone would task New Jersey State Police with keeping order instead of ICE agents.

Demonstrations erupted amid reports that hundreds of detainees are on a hunger and labor strike over poor conditions.

ICE insists that conditions are fine, but when state health officials sought to inspect Delaney Hall, they were denied full access.