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Protests outside New Jersey ICE facility grow as detainees stage hunger strike over poor conditions
Sen. Andy Kim, Democrat from New Jersey, says he was pepper sprayed by federal agents at a Newark Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on Monday. The senator joined a protest outside the facility, where detainees are staging a hunger strike against poor conditions.
Ricardo Kaulessar, a reporter with the Bergen Record, speaks with Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan.
This segment aired on May 26, 2026.