{"id":2606969,"date":"2026-05-26T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrat-andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-outside-ice-facility\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:37:26","slug":"senate-democrat-andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-outside-ice-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrat-andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-outside-ice-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrat Andy Kim pepper-sprayed outside ICE facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrat-andy-kim-pepper-sprayed-outside-ice-facility%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606969&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said he was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during a protest outside an ICE detention facility in Newark as lawmakers challenged the Trump administration\u2019s deportation policies. Kim and other New Jersey Democrats attempted to conduct an oversight visit, but ICE denied them access.<\/p>\n<p>Kim reported that during the exhibition, civilians were tackled and restrained and that agents used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-courthouse-now-a-fortress-again-after-second-wave-of-riots\/\" title=\"Portland Courthouse Now A \u2018Fortress\u2019 Again After Second Wave Of Riots\">pepper balls<\/a> and spray. He connected the protest to alleged deplorable conditions and said detainees have been on hunger strike.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security rejected the claims, arguing they were false and stating that detainees at Delaney Hall receive basic necessities such as meals, clean water, medical care, and access to families and attorneys. DHS also denied there was a hunger strike, and an acting DHS official accused New Jersey Democrats of using the issue to raise political support while asserting that ICE officers face increased assaults while removing violent offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Kim said what he witnessed was \u201cshameful,\u201d called the facility a \u201cfailure,\u201d and argued it should be shut down.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andy-kim\/\">Andy Kim<\/a> (D-NJ) was among those pepper-sprayed by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers outside a detention facility in New Jersey on Monday during demonstrations against the Trump administration\u2019s deportation agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-term senator engaged<\/a> with protesters and federal agents during a demonstration against the conditions at the Newark-based facility that Democrats say is home to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hiltons-current-hunger-strike-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Hilton&#039;s ongoing ... for freedom of speech.\">ongoing hunger strike<\/a> by detainees. Kim and other New Jersey Democrats attempted to gain access to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4581315\/mikie-sherrill-ice-facility-hunger-strike\/\">conduct an oversight visit but were rebuffed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4579639\/gop-senators-spurn-anti-weaponization-fund-phone-data\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP senators spurn \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund payouts for phone data seizure: \u2018I don\u2019t need any compensation\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4580223\/jim-banks-stefanik-intelligence-chief\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump ally Jim Banks floats Stefanik as next intelligence chief<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4579903\/thom-tillis-trump-stupid-stuff-hurting-gop\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Thom Tillis claps back at Trump over \u2018stupid stuff\u2019 hurting GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point, Kim could be seen being treated by an aid volunteer who poured water over his eyes after being pepper-sprayed, marking the latest escalation in tensions between Democratic lawmakers and the Trump administration on immigration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInstead 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,\u201d Kim posted to social media. \u201cCivilians were tackled and restrained, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isnt-this-an-invasion-venezuelan-nationals-carry-foreign-flag-charge-u-s-border-attack-agents\/\" title=\"Isn\u2019t This An Invasion? Venezuelan Nationals Carry Foreign Flag, Charge U.S. Border, Attack ...\">agents fired pepper balls<\/a> and spray into the crowd. This is more of the same lawlessness we\u2019ve seen elsewhere around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, rebutted what it described as \u201cfalsehoods\u201d and \u201csmears\u201d from Kim and other New Jersey Democratic lawmakers and denied there was a hunger strike. Other New Jersey Democrats, including Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Reps. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) and LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), and Gov. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ), have posted in recent days about the alleged \u201cdeplorable\u201d conditions at the Delaney Hall facility or have attempted to gain access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a lengthy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/25\/dhs-debunks-new-jersey-sanctuary-politicians-smears-against-ice-facility\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/25\/dhs-debunks-new-jersey-sanctuary-politicians-smears-against-ice-facility\">press release<\/a>, DHS said detainees receive necessities including three meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. It went on to say that ICE detainees have communication access with families and lawyers; receive \u201cthe best healthcare they have received their entire lives\u201d; and that facilities have \u201chigher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is nothing more than a political stunt by New Jersey sanctuary politicians for fundraising clicks,\u201d Acting Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. \u201cThere is NO hunger strike at Delaney Hall. There are NO subprime conditions or abuse at the facility. These sanctuary politicians should be thanking ICE law enforcement for removing murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and drug traffickers\u00a0from their communities. We need these sanctuary politicians\u00a0to stop peddling this\u00a0garbage\u00a0and cooperate with us to get these\u00a0criminals\u00a0out of their state.\u00a0These types of smears are contributing to our officers facing a more than 1,300% increase in assaults against them as they remove the worst of the worst.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4581315\/mikie-sherrill-ice-facility-hunger-strike\/\">MIKIE SHERRILL DENIED ACCESS TO ICE FACILITY AS DETAINEES GO ON HUNGER STRIKE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim went on to say that what he \u201cwitnessed and experienced today was shameful.\u201d He called the Delaney Hall detention center a \u201cfailure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we\u2019ve seen never happen again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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