Politics Scenes From the “Sacrifice Zone” By Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Aymann Ismail ? May 29, 2026 5:40 AM Outside Delaney Hall on Wednesday. Adam Gray/Getty Images By the time I arrived, the scene outside Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, had become quiet. During the week, it had exploded in violence. There were only a handful of protesters standing on Doremus Avenue, a big tent offering refreshments and a place to sit for organizers and visitors, and about a dozen armed ICE agents guarding a driveway entrance. Most of the agents had on tactical gear and had their faces covered and stood with the bored posture of men waiting out a shift of watching over protesters with bullhorns. The few protesters taunted the agents, who mostly amused themselves.…