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US senator says he was pepper sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility

US senator says he was pepper sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/senator-pepper-sprayed-ice-facility-protest-new-jersey 

 

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Senator Andy Kim attempts to broker an agreement between ICE agents and pro-immigration activists outside the Delaney Hall detention center on 25 May 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. Photograph: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images

US senator says he was pepper sprayed by federal agents during protest at ICE facility

Democrat Andy Kim says he saw ‘chaos’ at the New Jersey ICE facility amid ‘standoff’ between protesters and agents

Andy Kim, a Democratic senator, said he was pepper sprayed by federal agents on Monday during a protest at a New Jersey detention facility.

Video posted on social media showed Kim receiving help from a volunteer who is seen pouring water in his eyes outside Delaney Hall in Newark, where detainees are reportedly staging a hunger strike against poor conditions and denial of medical care.

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