New Jersey Gov.Mikie Sherrill accused ICE on Wednesday of denying her access to Delaney Hall, a Newark immigration detention facility that has become the focus of lawsuits, protests and allegations of unsafe, as scrutiny intensifies over allegations of unsafe conditions inside the center."ICE is denying me entry to Delaney Hall — raising serious questions about what is happening behind its walls," Sherrill wrote on X.Fox News Digital has reached out to Sherrill’s office to clarify whether she attempted to access the facility Wednesday or was referring to an ongoing dispute over access.The Democratic governor previously attempted to visit the detention center over Memorial Day weekend but was denied entry, according to local reports.FOX NEWS GOES INSIDE NEW JERSEY ICE FACILITY STORMED BY DEMOCRATSICE agents aside from New Jersey Democratic Gov.
Mikie Sherrill.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Governor Mikie Sherrill)Sherrill said she recently met with family members of individuals being held at the facility and heard allegations about unsafe conditions."Last night in Jersey City, I met with families whose loved ones are being detained there," Sherrill wrote.
"What I heard only deepened my concerns.""Families shared heartbreaking reports of unsafe, inhumane, and unconstitutional conditions — detainees being denied access to proper medical care and medication, violence and intimidation, threats of losing phone and video access, visitation privileges being taken away, and deeply troubling accounts of detainees being pressured to sign deportation papers with no translation," she continued.SOMETHING TO HIDE? ICE UNDER FIRE FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTERNew Jersey Gov.Mikie Sherrill said ICE is denying her access to Newark’s Delaney Hall detention center.
(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Sherrill said she would continue pushing for accountability and improved conditions at the fa...