Woman Who Has Been in US Since 1989 and Cannot Speak English Holds Press Conference Demanding Citizenship...

Woman Who Has Been in US Since 1989 and Cannot Speak a Lick of English Holds Press Conference Demanding Citizenship – Dan Bovino Weighs In

by Jim Hoft Aug. 13, 2026 9:45 am1630 

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These people are so bold!

Margarita Cielo Balbuena cannot speak a lick of English after living in US for 37 years. Demands citizenship!


Margarita Cielo Balbuena is a woman who has been in the U.S. since 1989 and cannot speak a WORD of English.

That’s 37 years!

This week Margarita stood with leftist leaders and demanded amnesty at a Democrat presser about Delaney Hall:

Margarita says (in Spanish): “We need a path to citizenship for those of us that have been present at least 7 years in this country.”

Margarita does not love this country. She hasn’t even learned our language.

No thanks. Go home!

Via Breitbart.

Retired Border Patrol Commander at Large, Dan Bovino weighed in on Margarita’s plight.

Thank you Margarita Cielo Balbuena.

You have lived in the United States since 1989. That is 37 years. You still need a translator.

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The Vindicator explains: How 6,600 noncitizens were registered to vote in New Jersey

By Krystal Knapp July 26, 2026

About 400 later cast ballots. Here is what we know about the voter-registration failure, what the state and its contractor disagree about, and the questions that still need to be answered.

Governor Mikie Sherrill, Lt. Governor Dale Caldwell and MVC Acting Chair & Chief Administrator Rosalie Johnson hold a press conference announcing that New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to voter registration of roughly 6,600 people, who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens, between June 2023 and June 2024, while in the media room of the statehouse in Trenton, N.J. on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Photo: Tim Larsen, Office of the Governor.


New Jersey officials have acknowledged a breakdown in the state’s voter-registration system: About 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens while obtaining driver’s licenses or identification cards were nevertheless registered to vote.

Roughly 400 of them later cast ballots, according to a preliminary state review.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill has blamed a software error involving IDEMIA, a longtime Motor Vehicle Commission contractor. But the company says its system accurately recorded the information it received and that state officials had access to records showing the applicants were not citizens.

The failure occurred between June 2023 and June 2024, during former Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration. Although the process was corrected in June 2024, the public was not told about it until Sherrill disclosed it on July 21, 2026.

That leaves several major questions unresolved: Was this primarily a software failure, a poorly designed state process, a failure by election officials to review the information they received, or some combination of all three? Who knew about the problem, and when? And why weren’t the approximately 6,600 registrations reviewed and removed after the system was fixed?

Here is what we know and what we don’t know yet.

First, who is allowed to vote in New Jersey?

To register to vote in New Jersey, a person must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of the county where they are registering for at least 30 days before the election, and at least 17 years old, although they cannot vote until they turn 18.

Noncitizens are prohibited from voting in federal and New Jersey elections. That includes people who are in the country legally, such as permanent residents with green cards, as well as people who are undocumented.

Noncitizens can legally obtain New Jersey driver’s licenses. Having a driver’s license does not make someone eligible to vote.

What happened?

Between June 2023 and June 2024, approximately 6,600 people were registered to vote through the Motor Vehicle Commission even though they indicated that they were not U.S. citizens.

The registrations occurred when people applied for or renewed driver’s licenses or state identification cards.

The applicants answered “no” when asked whether they were U.S. citizens, according to both the state and IDEMIA. But the system still asked whether they wanted to register to vote. IDEMIA says they answered “yes,” and their information was then transmitted for voter registration.

The state says the problem was corrected in June 2024. But officials apparently did not then identify and remove everyone who had already been improperly registered, and the public was not told about the failure until Sherrill disclosed it more than two years later.

Did the 6,600 people intentionally register?

That is disputed or, at a minimum, more complicated than the state initially disclosed.

Noncitizens CAUGHT: 6,600 registered to vote in New Jersey after error

 Noncitizens CAUGHT: 6,600 registered to vote in New Jersey after error

The National Desk

Jul 21, 2026

An estimated 6,600 individuals who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining identification documents were improperly registered to vote in New Jersey, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said on Tuesday.

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Ms. Rachel teams up with N.J. Democrat to protest Delaney Hall: ‘It just broke my heart’

Updated: Jun. 11, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
|Published: Jun. 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m.

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J, speaks during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)AP


By Lauren Sforza | NJ.com


Ms. Rachel, a popular children’s entertainer, teamed up with U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Tuesday to condemn the separation of children from their parents detained at Delaney Hall.

Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, visited the immigrant detention center in Newark on Monday to meet with children whose parents have been detained. In recent months, she has been an outspoken advocate of children and their families who have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In a video shared by Kim on Tuesday, Ms. Rachel described her visit to Delaney Hall. She also blasted Dilley Immigration Processing Center — a detention center in Texas — for detaining children.

Ms. Rachel thanked Kim for speaking out against the conditions of Delaney Hall and showed him letters from children being held in the Texas detention center. The video was taken in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.

“Senator Kim, thank you so much for taking the time to look at the letters and the children at Dilley Immigration Detention Center, who’ve been in there sometimes for many months and who are still there now, and for reading their words and hearing their voices. It means the world to us,” she told Kim.

“I also want to thank you so much for all you’ve done for Delaney Hall. I was there yesterday, and I was up till 2am worried about these kids and families. They’re so wonderful, and they just miss their parents so much. And the trauma was just very obvious. And it just broke my heart,” she said.

“Loving our neighbors is our resistance.”

 May 7, 2026

“Loving our neighbors is our resistance.”

The following reflection is written by Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Kathy O’Leary, who serves as coordinator of Pax Christi New Jersey. Kathy is a lead organizer of the ongoing presence of support and resistance outside Delaney Hall, the massive ICE detention center in Newark.

Some people know Delaney Hall as the immigration detention center where the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city was taken into custody by ICE. However, to the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of visitors who have spent time there over the last year, it is the place where our kidnapped neighbors and loved ones are being held.

Doremus Avenue, where Delaney Hall is located, is not an easy place to be. It is in Newark’s “chemical corridor” surrounded by industrial facilities spewing various odors and toxins. It is a four lane road heavily traveled by trucks leaving the nearby port; a freight line across the street carries garbage to a nearby incinerator. Only a few blocks away to the south is one of the largest sewage treatment plants in the country. The management of the for-profit facility, GEO Group, has provided no parking, and until about February, provided no indoor waiting area for visitors.

Over the past year we have fostered a community that includes the visitors and volunteers. We bring what we need to be able to stay outside the facility, either to wait to get in or to offer help and support to those who are waiting. In the summer we bring things like cold water in coolers filled with ice to make the heat bearable and umbrellas to block the sun. In the winter we bring hand warmers, blankets, hats and gloves and hot coffee. We always have snacks and sometimes hot food. We set up pop-up tents and tables at the edge of the driveway to hold the “compliance clothing” that we loan to people who are wearing something that does not meet the dress code. We dubbed it the “radical hospitality zone.”

At the end of January, after several snow storms and bitterly cold nights, Essex County came through with a tent made of heavy vinyl which was set up on property adjacent to Delaney Hall. Our radical hospitality zone moved into the radical hospitality tent which is where we distribute diapers, grocery store gift cards, and pantry bags and where we offer hot coffee and food.

The visitors who are touched by the care they receive will often return with food and supplies or to help translate. It is common for people who have been released to come back and visit. Volunteers who come and witness the dedication of the visitors and the warmth and energy that a friendly face provides to someone who is incarcerated will offer to visit those who have no one.

Magnificent humanity and shared responsibility at Delaney Hall

Sr. Susan Rose Francois of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace poses next to the sign outside the family and detainee support tent in front of Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Eyes on ICE NJ/Joseph O'Leary)

by Susan Rose Francois

NCR Contributor

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June 1, 2026

For more than a year, a network of community leaders has provided public witness, solidarity and mutual aid in support of detained immigrant neighbors and their families at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey.

Delaney Hall opened in May 2025 and is operated by the private prison corporation GEO Group under a 15-year $1 billion government contract. It is the largest detention center on the East Coast. Five miles from my convent, it has been on my radar for over a year but has just recently entered the national consciousness due to a courageous hunger and labor strike by those held captive behind its walls.

The Eyes on ICE NJ coalition includes a diverse collection of organizations: Catholics like the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace and Pax Christi New Jersey, other faith groups, peace organizations, earnest people from local community and political organizations and immigration advocates. Then there are just ordinary folks who are looking for a way to make a real difference in the face of the cruelty that is happening in our name. We are committed to a common mission to oppose Delaney Hall and the unjust operations of ICE through nonviolence, mutual aid, radical hospitality and interfaith cooperation until the facility ceases operations. We are here for the long haul, and we center the concerns of our immigrant neighbors who are detained and the real needs of their families left behind. For the past year, volunteers have been present every visiting day to staff the "Radical Hospitality" tent or to peacefully stand vigil outside the facility on non-visiting days.

I have come to consider my fellow volunteers as my friends and could not help but think of them as I read these words from Pope Leo XIV in Magnifica Humanitas:

[B]uilding a world in which everyone can flourish requires shared responsibility and courage. No one can singlehandedly bear the weight of the challenges the world is facing, just as no one is so weak that they cannot play their part, for "power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor 12:9). … We should not be intimidated by tensions or differences because they can become creative forces when guided by shared responsibility.

I'll be honest: We don't always at first agree on details, but we agree on our values and that is what matters. We agree that the cruelty happening in our name is unacceptable. We believe that our friends in detention and their families come first. This isn't easy on the best of days, and it has become even more difficult with the recent attention and activity outside Delaney Hall this past week. The increased focus was sparked by a family-led press conference the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, highlighting the inhumane conditions their loved ones are facing. More than 300 people held at Delaney Hall then went on a hunger and labor strike to raise awareness and concern for the most vulnerable among them.

Palestinian Flag Raising Ceremony in Paterson, New Jersey

DHS Highlights Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested in Sanctuary New Jersey in the Last Week Amid Leftist Smears Against ICE

DHS Highlights Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested in Sanctuary New Jersey in the Last Week Amid Leftist Smears Against ICE

Release Date: June 2, 2026


Sanctuary politicians need to stop peddling false smears about ICE detention facilities and start thanking ICE law enforcement officers for getting these thugs off New Jersey streets

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement highlighting criminal illegal aliens U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested in New Jersey over the last week, including murderers, sexual predators, burglars, and violent assailants.

“While sanctuary politicians and leftist agitators spread false smears about the Delaney Hall ICE facility, the brave men and women of ICE are still hard at work removing criminal illegal aliens from New Jersey. In New Jersey, they have removed dangerous criminal illegal aliens with criminal histories that include voluntary manslaughter, sex assault, burglary, fraud, terroristic threats, and aggravated assault,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “These sanctuary politicians need to stop peddling false smears about ICE detention facilities and start thanking ICE law enforcement officers for getting these thugs off New Jersey streets. We will not let violent rioters slow us down from making America safe again.”

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka seeks closure of Delaney Hall detention center | NBC 4 New York

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Recent chronology of New Jersey State Police at Delaney Hall Detention Center

New Jersey State Police officially took over public safety operations outside Newark's Delaney Hall immigration detention center on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2026. [1, 2]

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport ordered the state police deployment to de-escalate tensions and replace federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Prior to this, ICE agents had been involved in volatile, multi-day standoffs with demonstrators protesting a mass hunger strike inside the facility. [1, 2, 3]

Timeline of State Police Involvement

●Thursday Night, May 28, 2026: Initial state police presence began minimally with a few vehicles directing traffic near the facility. [1]

●Friday, May 29, 2026: State police officially relieved federal ICE agents. Troopers constructed a designated, barricaded "protest zone" to separate demonstrators from the facility's main gates. [1, 2, 3]

●Friday Night, May 29, 2026: The New Jersey State Police Public Safety Response Team clashed with protesters while attempting to clear a path for vehicles. Troopers in full riot gear issued dispersal orders and deployed tear gas, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets to push crowds back. Six demonstrators were arrested. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

●Saturday Night, May 30, 2026: Clashes escalated further. State police used horses, riot shields, and physical barriers to repel protesters who reportedly charged police lines, threw projectiles, and lit tires on fire. Three additional arrests were made. [1, 2, 3, 4]

●Sunday Night, May 31, 2026: Following a mandatory 9:00 PM curfew enacted by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, state police and local authorities moved in to clear the area. Troopers utilized a crowd-control tactic known as "kettling" to surround and arrest remaining curfew violators, sweeping up several credentialed journalists in the process. [1, 2]

●Monday, June 1, 2026: State police handed primary command over to the Newark Police Department. Officers set up a strict perimeter blocking activists and media at the intersection of Doremus Avenue and Wilson Avenue, roughly half a mile from the facility. [1, 2]


Source: AI (Google Artificial Intelligence)

Mass Arrests protesters KETTLED outside Delaney Hall with Massive Police Response 5.31.26

 

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ARREST At Delaney Hall Curfew, Massive ammount of Police, Horse Mounted PD and Riot Shields

FREEDOMNEWS TV - NATIONAL / SCOOTERCASTER

May 31, 2026

BREAKING: "Everybody get back!" Massive ammount of police RUSH towards Anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall after 9pm Curfew..

5.31.26

Ras Baraka and Mikie Sherrill are both alumni of Jesuit Universities

Ras Baraka and Mikie Sherrill are both alumni of Jesuit higher education institutions. [1, 2]

The two New Jersey Democrats—who competed in the 2025 gubernatorial primary before Baraka endorsed Sherrill, who is now the Governor of New Jersey—completed different graduate degrees at distinct Jesuit universities. [1, 2, 4, 5]

Educational Breakdown

Ras Baraka: Earned his Master of Arts in Education Supervision from Saint Peter's University (located in Jersey City, NJ). Saint Peter's is a private Jesuit university founded by the Society of Jesus in 1872. [1]

Mikie Sherrill: Earned her Juris Doctor (JD) from the Georgetown University Law Center (located in Washington, D.C.). Georgetown is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1789. [1]

How Jesuit Education Influenced Their Careers

Ras Baraka's Path: His degree in educational leadership directly fed into his career within public school systems. Before serving as Mayor of Newark, Baraka spent years as a school administrator, notably serving as the principal of Newark's Central High School. [1, 2]

Mikie Sherrill's Path: Raised Catholic, Sherrill has explicitly stated that Georgetown Law was a natural fit because the Jesuits epitomize the philosophy of service and giving back to communities. She used her law degree to transition from her career as a Navy pilot into legal public service, first as a federal prosecutor and later as a public servant. [1, 2, 3]


Source: Google Artificial Intelligence

Anti-ICE protesters pooling cash for riot gear, military-grade goggles to fuel Newark mayhem

N.Y. Post cover Sunday, May 31, 2026

By
Katherine Donlevy,
Geoff Earle and
Gabrielle Fahmy

Published May 30, 2026
Updated May 30, 2026, 5:23 p.m. ET


Anti-ICE protesters are pooling cash to deliver riot gear to the front lines of the ongoing chaos in Newark outside the Delaney Hall detention center — fueling criticism that the mayhem is a well-funded, coordinated effort by outside “extremists.”

Donations are pouring in to help the protesters buy “helmets” and “knee/wrist/shin/arm guards” along with military-grade goggles to stay outside Delaney Hall, according to one list blasted out on social media by lefty political activist group the 50501 Movement, which was behind the No Kings anti-President Trump rallies.

The protesters specifically listed MIL-PRF-32432 shatterproof goggles — which are considered “U.S. military specification” that ensures protection from “battlefield-level projectile threats” — on their wish list.

Protesters asked for a wish list of supplies amid the ongoing demonstrations in Newark.

Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post

The armor was listed as a high-priority need to be dropped at the chaotic protest site, while organizers from further away were supporting the purchases by sending cash to the personal Venmo of organizer Jenny Garcia.

The tools are allegedly necessary for their battle against the “ICE Gestapo,” according to Virginia-based 50501, which formed last year and was behind an eponymous nationwide protest. Its name stands for “50 protests. 50 states. 1 day.”

“This is professionalizing an attack on federal officials, and it makes it dangerous for everyone, makes it dangerous for themselves, for elected officials, for the obviously for the men and women who work there, and it’s totally unacceptable,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) told The Post.

“It makes you think that they obviously want to get involved in bruising altercations that they’re going to be aggressive, and if they are, they should be arrested. That is not what a peaceful protest is. That is not what First Amendment rights are,” he continued, calling the demonstrations “virtue signaling.”

The untold amount of pooled money was also being spent on wheelchairs, P100 respirators — which are considered “oil-proof” — Sudecon, a decontamination wipe used to remove irritants such as pepper spray, and “welding gloves for incoming tear gas cannisters.”

NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill gives updates on Delaney Hall protests in Newark

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Anti-ICE Protest Standoff at Delaney Hall - Newark, New Jersey

Tear Gas and Barricades Outside Newark ICE Center as Protests Escalate | APT

 

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N.J. State Police, protesters clash outside Delaney Hall

 

LIVE PROTEST COVERAGE – NEWARK NEW JERSEY DELANEY HALL - ICE DETENTION CENTER 🚨 5/29/2026

Governor Sherrill Holds Press Conference Regarding Public Safety Outside Delaney Hall