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struggle4progress

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2. US senator says he was pepper-sprayed

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Tue May 26, 2026, 07:51 PM

May 26

José Olivares in Newark, Richard Luscombe and Victoria Bekiempis
Tue 26 May 2026 18.11 EDT

Protests continued on Tuesday outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey where US senator Andy Kim said he was pepper-sprayed by federal agents the day before during a demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outside the facility.

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

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

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