Mother Jones reports:

“I certainly didn’t see anything at Delaney Hall that gives me a sense that things have changed since Minnesota,” Andy Kim told me.

The New Jersey senator, a first-term Democrat, drew headlines Monday after he and other protesters were pepper-sprayed by ICE agents during a rally outside Delaney Hall, a private prison in Newark, New Jersey that ICE has repurposed to detain immigrants—nearly 900 as of early April, according to agency data reviewed by NBC News.

Kim joined advocates, organizers, community members, and the families of those detained at Delaney during ongoing protests condemning the horrific conditions inside—including the dismissal of essential medical attention, the lack of food, and the absence of air conditioning.

Early that afternoon, ICE agents swarmed people who had gathered at the entrance—a DHS spokesperson claimed there were approximately 125 protesters outside the building—some of whom had installed barricades, and many of whom later formed a human chain before ICE deployed chemical suppressants. ICE agents have mounted numerous further attacks on protesters throughout the week, charging and striking them with batons and driving vehicles into the crowd; some protesters reinforced their barricades with cement blocks in response. [Continue reading…]

The Daily Beast reports:

Ousted Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is mounting a public campaign against the Trump administration—while pitching himself for the job he lost.

Bovino, the face of Donald Trump’s brutal deportation operation before his removal following the deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents, suggested Thursday that he should “handle” the ongoing anti-ICE protests at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

“Hey everyone, that’s me at the airport pointing to the next flight to Newark. Flight 3450, 2:27 PM, on time,” the 56-year-old wrote on X alongside a selfie of him pointing to an airport gate’s departure screen.

He then took swings at Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who replaced “ICE Barbie” Kristi Noem in March, and other members of the Trump administration. [Continue reading…]