Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) ordered the New Jersey State Police to establish a “protest zone” outside a Newark immigration detention center on Friday in an attempt to prevent violent clashes between anti-ICE protesters and federal officers from breaking out over the weekend.

The governor said the “peaceful, protected” area outside Delaney Hall will be monitored by New Jersey law enforcement, adding that she is not willing to “give ICE the pretext to expand operations in our state.”