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Chaos outside ICE detention center where hundreds of migrants are on hunger strike as protesters storm facility and senator is pepper-sprayed
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 26, 2026 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 05/25/2026 11:11:05 PM PDT by Morgana

A US Senator was tear gassed amid chaotic protests outside a New Jersey ICE facility on Monday after the state's governor was denied entry in what the Department of Homeland Security called 'a political stunt.'

Anti-ICE protesters have hounded Delaney Hall in Newark for days amid a hunger and labor strike launched by hundreds of detainees inside, according to The New Jersey Monitor.

The facility has been a point of controversy during the second Trump administration, with multiple Democrat politicians demanding its closure over concerns of poor conditions.

The migrants claim that they have been served beans and salad with worms inside, of being placed in crowded rooms without air conditioning and having their immigration cases ignored by federal judges. Some have been there for a year.

Governor Mikie Sherrill and Senator Andy Kim, alongside several members of the state's Dem-heavy Congressional delegation, showed up to the building Monday demanding answers.

While Kim was allowed in the building, shortly after he was hit by pepper balls shot out by federal agents at those protesting.

'What we saw here is unfortunately just what we see all over the country,' Kim told NJ.com, adding that he had trouble breathing.

Kim - who said earlier Monday the facility should be shut down 'immediately' - said before the melee broke out that he was trying to get the agents to stop pointing guns at protesters and broker a truce that would allow immigration activists to inspect cars leaving the facility.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; andykim; dailyfail; delaneyhall; democrats; domesticenemies; ice; illegalaliens; illegals; immigration; incitement; lordhawhawmedia; mikiesherrill; newark; newjersey; violence

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1 posted on 05/25/2026 11:11:05 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Hit him again!

CC


2 posted on 05/25/2026 11:18:09 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: Morgana
The migrants claim that they have been served beans and salad with worms inside, of being placed in crowded rooms without air conditioning [...]

Shame on you, Daily Mail!

Regards,

3 posted on 05/25/2026 11:18:15 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Morgana
A US Senator was tear gassed amid chaotic protests [rioting] outside a New Jersey ICE facility on Monday after the state's governor was denied entry in what the Department of Homeland Security called 'a political stunt.'

Anti-ICE protesters have hounded Delaney Hall in Newark for days amid a hunger and labor strike launched by hundreds of detainees [illegal aliens] inside, according to The New Jersey Monitor.

The facility has been a point of controversy during the second Trump administration, with multiple Democrat politicians demanding its closure over concerns of poor conditions.

The migrants claim that they have been served beans and salad with worms inside, of being placed in crowded rooms without air conditioning and having their immigration cases ignored by federal judges. Some have been there for a year.

[To think they could have been back home in whatever countries they came from, with money in their pockets...hmmm]

Governor Mikie Sherrill and Senator Andy Kim, alongside several members of the state's Dem-heavy Congressional delegation, showed up to the building Monday demanding answers. While Kim was allowed in the building, shortly after he was hit by pepper balls shot out by federal agents at those protesting[rioting.]


4 posted on 05/25/2026 11:22:24 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana
Fave Andy Kim song....

Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim (1974)

5 posted on 05/25/2026 11:22:41 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Morgana

creating chaos

then

complaining about the chaos


6 posted on 05/25/2026 11:43:50 PM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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To: Celtic Conservative

And again....and again, and once more for good measure. And don’t forget an equal dose for the POS governor.


7 posted on 05/25/2026 11:44:41 PM PDT by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: Morgana

“...and broker a truce that would allow immigration activists to inspect cars leaving the facility.”

Why?


8 posted on 05/25/2026 11:51:49 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: Morgana

We are heading into the summer before an election, look for widespread unrest financed by Democratic sympathizers, think of George Floyd on steroids.


9 posted on 05/25/2026 11:57:39 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Morgana

bookmark


10 posted on 05/26/2026 12:08:51 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Morgana

I don’t care. If you don’t like it, leave.


11 posted on 05/26/2026 12:24:17 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Morgana

No one is above the law.


12 posted on 05/26/2026 12:26:12 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Morgana

The best solution is to kick these ungrateful parasites OUT OF AMERICA...IMMEDIATELY (if not sooner!) If they hate America, what the hell are they doing here?


13 posted on 05/26/2026 12:45:14 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: dfwgator

(While Andy Kim was allowed in the building, shortly after he was hit by pepper balls shot out by federal agents at those protesting.)

Rock me gently...

Oh wait, wrong guy...


14 posted on 05/26/2026 1:07:12 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: piasa

I am going to refer to the invaders of our nation as “criminal aliens”.


15 posted on 05/26/2026 1:07:42 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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To: Morgana

I have a feeling the Left want to push us so hard as to cause us to react in a “violent” manner. They will use this as an excuse to unleash onto us the thugs they have imported for votes.


16 posted on 05/26/2026 1:54:51 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: exnavy

“Some have been there for a year.”
This could be part of the problem. If they’re found to be here illegally, put them on the next flight out. Don’t ask for a (rogue) judge’s permission, just overwhelm the system, by shipping millions out at a time. Ignore the robed tyrants, they are not above the law, either.


17 posted on 05/26/2026 2:48:19 AM PDT by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: Morgana

“...broker a truce that would allow immigration activists to inspect cars leaving the facility.”

Kim fishing for press and soundbites? And, why would ANY law enforcement organization allow rioters to ‘inspect’ anything?
Need a water cannon at that facility, loaded with indelible dye so you can find them later.


18 posted on 05/26/2026 3:12:27 AM PDT by PubliusMM (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: Morgana
Gitmo. All of them.

19 posted on 05/26/2026 3:27:30 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Morgana

I want every one of those parasite illegal aliens to suffer greatly including the filthy scumbag traitor democrats who help them.

The Rat party is now overwhelmingly filled with foreign born cockroaches who destroyed their country of birth and now want to do the same to the USA. Deport them all, NO EXCEPTIONS! /spit


20 posted on 05/26/2026 3:33:03 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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