EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Dems slammed for demanding ‘five-star accommodations’ for illegal immigrants at ICE facility

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EXCLUSIVE: Speaking with Fox News Digital at the site of a multi-day confrontation between anti-ICE protesters and federal law enforcement , Republican state lawmaker Paul Kanitra ripped into Democrats for demanding what he described as "five-star accommodations" for illegal immigrants. Just days after many top New Jersey Democrats, including Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Sen. Cory Booker, joined protesters outside of ICE’s Delaney Hall, Kanitra called Democrats’ handling of illegal immigration a "disgrace." "Democrats created this chaos with all their laws. Gov. Sherrill was in office for a couple of weeks before she passed three radical protective illegal immigration bills, taking the masks off of ICE agents, protecting their [illegal immigrants’] status here, giving them more benefits, and here she is out here knowing full well she wasn’t going to get in," he said. Democrats and protesters allege that detainees in the Newark ICE facility, known as Delaney Hall, have gone on a hunger strike in protest of inhumane conditions. ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV. SHERRILL DENIED ENTRY On Monday, Sherrill posted on X that she had attempted to enter Delaney Hall after hearing "heartbreaking" reports of unsafe and unconstitutional conditions. She wrote that her request to access the facility was "denied this morning, raising even more questions about what they are trying to hide from public view." The Department of Homeland Security has shot down the claims of bad conditions and denied the hunger strike. Kanitra asserted that Sherrill’s appearance "was a performative stunt to try to change the focus from their policies, which have created this chaos, to try to make some sort of sensational news story out of it." He taunted Democrats, saying, "The food service provider here at Delaney Hall is actually the same food service provider that services the $150,000 to $500,000 suites at Met Life Stadium." "It seems to be good enough for…