Chaos outside a New Jersey immigration detention center led to one man ripping into protesters who were preventing him from doing his job.
Dramatic video footage from Freedom News was shared on social media, showing the moment a truck driver unleashed on protesters impeding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) agents outside of Newark’s Delaney Hall.
“If I hit one of y’all, I go to jail,” the man, a driver for Elizabeth-based Regional Industries, told demonstrators, many wearing masks and goggles, as the New York Post reported.
“What’s wrong with ya all?” the fed-up driver demanded. “Come on, man.”
NOW: “What’s wrong with ya all??” Truck driver goes off on Anti-ICE Protesters as few block entire road of trucks from moving outside Delaney Hall Detention Center. Other protesters attempted to stop those blocking – These are working class people! ” pic.twitter.com/Bp6arX8b0C
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) May 28, 2026
“Protests outside Delaney Hall began Friday and have continued throughout the week, at times turning chaotic as demonstrators clashed with ICE agents outside the facility. On Sunday night, protesters attempted to block vehicles from entering and exiting the detention center,” Fox News reported Wednesday.
“On Monday, officers deployed tear gas and forcibly removed protesters during confrontations outside the facility. Video from the scene showed officers throwing one protester to the ground and dragging another away from the entrance,” the report continued, noting that “detainees and family members have alleged overcrowding, poor living conditions and inadequate medical care inside the facility.”
President Donald Trump pushed back during a meeting with his Cabinet on Wednesday.
“These aren’t protesters; these people are fake, they’re all paid for,” he said. “We run the finest facilities anywhere in the world of their type.”
Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin fired back at Democrats and the agitators impeding operations at the Newark facility.
“This isn’t a Holiday Inn. Illegal aliens are at this detention facility because they broke our nation’s laws. ICE has arrested brutal criminals in New Jersey, including murderers, rapists, sex offenders, child predators, and drug traffickers,” he wrote on X.
As @CoryBooker knows, it is a crime to enter the United States illegally.
U.S. Code, Title 8, Section 1325.
We aren’t providing luxury accommodations—it’s a detention center. We provide basic necessities like beds, medical, and meals until they go HOME. They have commissary… https://t.co/poOlImRarW
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) May 27, 2026
“We aren’t providing luxury accommodations—it’s a detention center. We provide basic necessities like beds, medical, and meals until they go HOME. They have commissary funds, so you can feel free to put your personal money on any detainee books that you choose,” he wrote in another post, responding to complaints by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ).
Meanwhile, X users sympathized with the frustrated truck driver who lit into the anti-ICE demonstrators at Delaney Hall.
A trucker trying to do his job gets blocked by protesters again. His frustration says everything about growing activist disruption fatigue.
— Matthew Newgarden (@a_newgarden) May 28, 2026
When demonstrations escalate into blocking workers and clashing with officers, it stops being protest and becomes public order breakdown.
— Matthew Newgarden (@a_newgarden) May 28, 2026
These people go beyond protesting they are agitators and lawbreakers that encourages more lawbreaking. The dem party isn’t anything more than a crime family.
— skippersmom (@jonibenhusky) May 28, 2026
Lucky it wasn’t my truck driver husband, he would have ran there asses over.
— Lisa Treese (@Cactusflower62) May 28, 2026
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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