EWING - In advance of a pro-ICE counter-protest scheduled for tomorrow at Delaney Hall, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill today announced that she is ordering New Jersey State Police to establish a "peaceful, protected protest zone" outside the private detention center, adding that she "will not give ICE the pretext to expand operations in our state."

Watch VIDEO of the Governor's Press Conference below.

Also, context via the Associated Press:

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is sending state police to bring order to an immigration detention center in Newark that has been the site of violent demonstrations and arrests in recent days.

The Democrat announced Friday that police will create designated protest zones and set up vehicle checkpoints to regulate traffic outside Delaney Hall. She said the decision comes as clashes between protesters and federal immigration enforcement officials have intensified.

“It has grown unsafe, and that’s completely unacceptable,” Sherrill said at a news conference along with the state attorney general and state police leaders. “Our top priority is public safety, and we need to take this opportunity to lower the temperature.”