Protesters outside a New Jersey immigration detention center received professional-grade protective gear and training during demonstrations sparked by an alleged detainee hunger strike, according to footage and reporting that have fueled questions about the level of organization behind the actions.
"Well-Funded" NGO Machine Behind Newark Anti-ICE Chaos; Bessent Signals Nonprofit Crackdown https://t.co/4mObdejQoA
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 31, 2026
Independent journalist Nick Sortor released an undercover video late last week showing what he described as a training session near Delaney Hall, an ICE facility in Newark operated by the private GEO Group. In the footage, participants posing as medics were handed new equipment including 3M P100 respirators with spare cartridges, goggles and gloves—gear valued at roughly $100 per person.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: I went undercover into a leftist training “class” here outside ICE Newark, where rioters are each handed ~$100 of equipment to pretend to be medics
These people are basically Antifa’s support staff
They were given goggles, latex gloves, and most notably, 3M P100… pic.twitter.com/CeB6m4QlYo
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 30, 2026
“The respirator plus spare cartridges cost $75 each. And they were doling them out like candy,” Sortor said in a widely shared post. “These are not organic riots.”
“I’ll kill your whole f—king family! Your children, your wife, all dead! I have your face!”
Newark (May 27) —Far-left rioters incited by Democrats and extremists make death threats against federal agents at the siege of Delaney Hall. Video by @nicksortor: pic.twitter.com/pbsNiXGEED
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 28, 2026
In what many are now calling the “siege of Delaney Hall,” demonstrations have intensified since Memorial Day weekend resulting in what appears to be the intended outcome—violent clashes with law enforcement.
While activists have alleged inadequate food, medical care and family contact at the 1,000 bed detention facility, DHS has adamantly denied the claims as being politically motivated attacks.
Sanctuary politicians like @RepJeffries CONTINUE to promote hoaxes about Delaney Hall.
This is a DETENTION center. EVERYONE being held inside Delaney Hall broke the law by entering the United States illegally.
No lawbreakers in HISTORY have been treated better than illegal… pic.twitter.com/XA4rIpufKX
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 1, 2026
Footage and on-site reporting also documented organized logistics at the protest site. Mutual aid stations included stockpiles of helmets, masks, duct tape, hard hats, medical supplies and food.
Agitators outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey were seen establishing a highly organized logistics and support operation before protests began at the site.
Stockpiles of masks, duct tape, hard hats and medical supplies were laid out near the facility.… pic.twitter.com/OOWTkExBG9
— QPatriot (@QPatriot67212) May 31, 2026
Tents anchored into concrete and scheduled support operations suggested significant resources. Fox News Digital observed pre-stocked protective gear laid out on tables near the site.
New Jersey officials noted arrests involving out-of-state participants. Gov. Mikie Sherrill said five of six people arrested in early clashes came from New York or Pennsylvania, with some linked to national groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, and Communist Party.
🇺🇸 Agitators ahead of NJ protests at Delaney Hall built organized logistics operation, with masks and supplies stockpiledpic.twitter.com/FOfKbTK0Zh
— U.S.A.I. 🇺🇸 (@researchUSAI) May 31, 2026
While activists have claimed the supplies are “standard community support,” evidence on the ground-level suggests that supplies were coordinated well in advance. Critics, including Sortor and conservative commentators, point to the scale of supplies and specialized training – echoing tactics seen in 2020 ANTIFA riots – as evidence of external coordination and funding.
As during the 2020 BLM-Antifa riots, highly organized ideologues would form specialized teams to carry out different functions at the riots. There are instructional texts and essays available on revolutionary anarchist websites that teach militants how to organize insurrections.…
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 30, 2026
Some posts have called for investigations into nonprofit networks and activist funding streams, such as Venmo and PayPal, tied to the demonstrations.
Here’s what one Signal message uncovered.
I messaged a group admin asking how my family in NJ could help the Delaney Hall protesters. Within minutes she sent me a supply list and a Venmo donation link.
The supply list wasn’t water bottles. It was P100 respirators (tear gas… https://t.co/nVKg2EV6B1 pic.twitter.com/C770dDc5J8
— bitchuneedsoap (@bitchuneedsoap) May 30, 2026
Pro-immigrant activist groups describe the aid as grassroots mutual support for families and demonstrators exercising free speech rights. Yet actions, such as forming human barricades for illegal checkpoints to search vehicles, tell a different story.
🚨 WTF?! Leftist rioters succeeded in forcefully forming a CHECKPOINT to search DHS/ICE vehicles as they leave
The van could pass once the left was “assured it was empty”
Don’t COMPROMISE, ARREST!
The hammer must be laid or they will keep going. pic.twitter.com/xkRsROIrYo
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 26, 2026
As deportations accelerate under the Trump administration, similar actions have occurred nationwide, with supplies and protestors similarly bussed to locations well in advance.
🚨 GREAT NEWS: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just CRACKED DOWN on the NGOs who fund left-wing terrorism
Nonprofits who give out grants to groups who commit violence will be tracked and likely DEFUNDED
Keep pushing! 🔥
“Non-profits, they have to file. And we are going to… pic.twitter.com/EEWljAlBAB
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 28, 2026
Critics, alleging actions are linked to designated terrorist groups and foreign billionaires, have praised the Trump administration’s recently announced efforts to begin investigating and cracking down on nonprofit organizations.
