Andy Kim, a Democratic senator, said he was pepper sprayed by federal agents on Monday during a protest at a New Jersey detention facility.

Video posted on social mediashowed Kim receiving help from a volunteer who is seen pouring water in his eyes outside Delaney Hall in Newark,
where detainees are reportedly staging a hunger strike against poor conditions and denial of medical care.

Demonstrators clashed with immigration officers who used batons and pepper spray as they attempted to transfer a detainee who organized the hunger strike to another facility.

#Kim, a senator for New Jersey, joined the state’s governor, Mikie #Sherrill,
at the protest to speak with relatives of some of those detained.
He told USA Today that the incident in which he was sprayed by a chemical substance came shortly after he had been inside #DelaneyHall to see conditions for himself.
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