An unassuming industrial area on the outskirts of Newark, New Jersey, is a hub of discourse this week as one day after another, protesters clash with federal agents outside an ICE detention facility while lawmakers call for inspections and oversight.

News 4’s Checkey Beckford and her photojournalists were ordered out of their marked news vehicle during a class between New Jersey State Police and Delaney Hall protesters.

The nation’s rancorous and increasingly violent immigration debate came to a head in Newark over Memorial Day weekend in a days-long standoff that began with a hunger strike and culminated with the pepper-spraying of a United States senator.

A chaotic scene erupted outside a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, where detainees launched a labor and hunger strike.