Plans to put the largest immigration detention center on the East Coast in Newark’s Delaney Hall sparked a large protest this week.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement touted the location near Newark Liberty International Airport in facilitating the president's mandate to "arrest, detain and remove illegal aliens."

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial hopeful, is trying to fight it – standing side by side with protesters.

Brent Johnson, politics reporter at NJ.com, joins Eric Landskroner to discuss the developments and other issues affecting Garden State residents.