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.
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“Senator Andy Kim”
Did he break any federal laws yet that might make him cellmates with Menendez? Asking for a friend.
political theatre.
elections on the horizon
“May I recommend using your nightstick?”
I really would like it if they bust some heads over this.
He also co wrote The Archies Sugar Sugar and holds an annual charity Christmas show with lots of guest artists these days. I went to one some years ago. Fun evening.
Are you talking about illegal ungrateful parasites or the ungrateful parasites in Congress? Either way.
“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.”
Tough taco, Juan. You would not be in this situation if you had stayed home and worked to make that place better.
As an illegal you are not a USA citizen. You have virtually no ‘rights’ here beyond the right to not be executed. You do not have the right to the best food, medical treatment, air conditioning, etc. So suck it up, try to stiffen your backbone and request a ticket out of the USA. You will get first class service for that.
They seem to love being tear gassed - right of passage as warriors? In the military, that’s an easy day of training, or was back in the 60’s.
So he admits the whole country is overrun with illegals!?
Deport already.
Good way to get shot in Texas.
“The migrants claim that they have been served beans and salad with worms inside...”
Must be serving them Mexican Jumping Bean salads....to make them miss home....
The US should have ONE illegal alien detention center, located at Gitmo. Leave the gate to Cuba open so the illegals can leave on their own any time they want. I’ve heard the medical care system in Cuba is excellent.
Sen. Kim “… 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.”
I have a better idea. Stop using cars to transport illegals. Use buses, lots of buses. Fill them up and take illegals to airports and shipping docks where they can be sent back to wherever they came from. Punish the countries actively allowing illegal immigration to happen. We should not be so casually accepting of the invasion and destabilization of our country.
By going on a hunger strike, the collective weight is reduced.
Thus, more illegals can be crammed on the deportation flight that remains within the weight limit of the airplane
Lots to unpack here, especially since these people aren't migrants, but illegal aliens who chose to ignore our immigration laws.
Pretty sure a few worms aren't the worst thing they've eaten considering their likely third-world country of origination. And hell, Bill Gates says it helps protect the environment.
They likely never had air conditioning growing up. And if they were working the typical jobs such as construction, they didn't have any air conditioning there either.
If they hadn't come here in the first place or gone through the proper channels, they wouldn't have to wait on a federal judge whatsoever.
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