The violent protests transforming New Jersey’s Delaney Hall detention center into a battleground are not grassroots demonstrations but a well-funded operation bankrolled by major leftist organizations commanding nearly $825 million in combined revenue, according to a new investigation.

The Delaney Hall 100 Exposed

Fox News Digital identified approximately 100 organizations behind the demonstrations, dubbed the “Delaney Hall 100” by experts. The network includes the American Civil Liberties Union, Indivisible, and Democratic Socialists of America. These groups have played a major role in coordinating violent demonstrations that have resulted in dozens of arrests at the facility. Tax filings, strategy documents, and social media posts reveal a sophisticated operation that contradicts the image of spontaneous citizen activism protesters have promoted.

Investigators uncovered a planning document called the “Delaney Hall Creator Brief” outlining specific talking points for activists. The document instructs demonstrators to label the detention center a “concentration camp” and refer to detainees as “imprisoned prisoners” and “captives.” Protesters are using encrypted Signal chat rooms with names like “framed.unrest” and “Wicked Something” to coordinate transportation, logistics, and supply delivery including goggles, respirators, and protective knee pads.

Strategic Warfare Against Local Authorities

Chuck Flint, a nonprofit expert and former US Senate chief of staff, warned Americans should be “very concerned” about these coordinated efforts. Flint, who previously served as a state prosecutor, characterized the situation as manufactured strategic activity designed to overwhelm municipal resources. He noted these organizations generate annual revenues exceeding those of many cities where they operate, functioning like military battalions capable of depleting local public safety resources through sustained pressure campaigns.

“Most everything is concealed from the ground up to their identities in Signal chat rooms, their funding and names of the people on the streets and their leaders,” Flint explained. He pointed out the irony of masked protesters accusing ICE agents of hiding their identities while concealing their own faces and organizational structures. The deliberate opacity suggests participants understand their actions cross legal and ethical boundaries, Flint argued.

Radical Groups Join Coalition

Additional far-left organizations linked to the demonstrations include the US Revolutionary Communist Party, Speak Out Socialist, Refuse Fascism, Freedom Road Socialists Organization, Freedom Socialist Party, and the Black Panthers. The coalition formed in February 2025 when federal contractor GEO Group Inc. announced plans to reopen Delaney Hall as a federal immigration detention center under a long-term ICE contract. Demonstrations began immediately and expanded throughout spring and summer, drawing support from politicians including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and unnamed congressional representatives.