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New Jersey Democrats Stoke Anti‑ICE Chaos, Then Claim Credit for Restoring Order

Chaotic protests turned riots at a New Jersey ICE detention facility have finally been quashed, and Democratic leaders who stoked the crowd want to give themselves big pats on the back for a job well done.

Of course, they were the reason the situation spiraled out of control.

On Sunday night police arrested over 20 people in a major crackdown at the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, New Jersey.

Groups of well-organized, Antifa-aligned protesters had been loitering around the facility for over a week and refused to leave.

Some of those taking part in the protests behaved aggressively toward ICE agents and even random employees doing their jobs in and around the facility.

At one point they hemmed in a garbage truck driver who became irate and yelled at them, “If I hit one of y’all, I go to jail. … What’s wrong with ya’ll?”

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After several violent confrontations and seemingly some pressure from the Department of Homeland Security, Newark finally set curfew and threatened the agitators with arrest if they didn’t disperse.

The New York Post described the scene Sunday night.

“After cops announced the 9 p.m. curfew to encourage people to leave, the number of protesters dwindled to roughly 100,” the Post wrote. “Police in riot gear then advanced into the crowd of naysayers while shouting, ‘Move in!’ Cops fired two rounds of tear gas toward protesters who yelled, ‘Give peace a chance’ and ‘No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA’ — sending more people fleeing until roughly 50 protesters and members of the press were corralled into a tight........

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