Four migrants have escaped a detention centre in New Jersey amid reports of a possible uprising.

The men, whom authorities say are “public safety threats”, broke out of Newark’s Delaney Hall facility on Thursday, where individuals are being held ahead of possible deportation proceedings.

According to reports, they were able to push down an outer wall and escape the property, which was recently converted into a detention centre at a cost of $1 billion as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation drive.

The men have been identified as Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Andres Pineda-Mogollon, who are Honduran and Colombian nationals.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to their arrests.

On Thursday night, reports emerged of a possible uprising and breakout at the facility, as protesters, demonstrating against the Trump administration’s deportation push, locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through the gates.