Senate Democrat pepper sprayed at protest outside ICE detention facility in New Jersey
Source: the hill
Senate Democrat pepper sprayed at protest outside ICE detention facility in New Jersey
by Ryan Mancini - 05/25/26 10:35 PM ET
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Monday was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while demonstrators gathered outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J.
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Kim, later Monday, said he saw “chaos inside and outside” of Delaney Hall, the detention center where around 300 migrants are holding a hunger and work strike against the center’s conditions.
“Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help,” he wrote on the social platform X. “Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire.”
Kim said he saw ICE agents tackle and restrain demonstrators, while “agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd.”.................
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5894457-andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-delaney-hall/
DISGRACEFUL: ICE agents tear-gassed U.S. Senator Andy Kim at Delaney Hall detention facility in NJ today!
Kim was supporting hunger-striking detainees protesting spoiled food, no medical care & extreme heat when federal agents unleashed tear gas & pepper spray. Kim struggled to breathe & injured his hand in the chaos.
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"Videos circulated online of mutual aid volunteers pouring water into Kim’s eyes while he held an ice pack in his hand. One video showed Kim speaking directly to ICE agents surrounding a detained individual, with another showing him speaking with demonstrators."
^^^ I remember this picture like it was yesterday!!
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