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The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

New Jersey says state police will replace federal agents outside ICE facility

a man in a tactical vest stands near people holding a banner
A federal agent and protesters outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

Top New Jersey officials announced on Friday that the state police will be taking over policing functions from federal immigration officers outside the contentious Delaney Hall facility, as reports surfaced of an influx of federal agents making their way to the area.

As part of the state police’s takeover of “public safety operations” at the site, they will establish a “peaceful protected zone” for demonstrators and will have protesters “move there today”, according to New Jersey’s governor, Mikie Sherrill, and attorney general, Jennifer Davenport.

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