Anti-ICE “rioters” allegedly blasted federal immigration officers with a chemical substance during a raucous protest that erupted Tuesday outside a Newark immigration detention center for the fifth straight day.  They should all be prosecuted.

     The riotous overnight clash exploded outside Delaney Hall when violent agitators sprayed federal officers with an unknown chemical agent as authorities tried to quell the chaos outside the facility, according to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.  Shocking footage showed mobs of masked, keffiyeh-clad rabble-rousers squaring off with dozens of ICE agents, blocking vehicles and causing mayhem outside the detention center.

     Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said two people were arrested for assaulting, resisting, and impeding federal officers. Mullin said two “rioters” were arrested for assaulting, resisting, and impeding federal officers.“Assaulting and obstructing ICE law enforcement is a crime and a felony,” he fumed on X. “Anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”  President Trump called the demonstrators “all paid-for protesters” during a cabinet meeting in the White House.These areCrowds had thinned by Wednesday morning, as roughly 30 armed ICE agents manned the front gate.

     Delaney Hall has been a hotbed of unrest since Friday, when detainees reportedly launched a hunger and labor strike to protest conditions inside the 1,000-bed facility.  Anti-ICE protests have spiraled into growing violence in recent days, with tensions boiling over after Gov. Mikie Sherrill joined demonstrators at the facility on Monday in what DHS dismissed as a “political stunt.n’t protesters. These people are fake,” he said when asked about the ongoing protests outside the facility.