ANDY KIM SHOWS US HOW IT'S DONE

Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey spent his Memorial Day at Delaney Hall—a private ICE prison in Newark where detainees had been on a hunger strike for four days. He listened to the people locked inside. He spoke with a pregnant woman who was denied prenatal care, and an 18-year-old separated from her mom who just wanted to graduate from high school this month.

Governor Mikie Sherrill was refused entry at the front door. She didn’t back down. She stood outside the gates, talked with families of detainees, and said her denial raised “serious questions about what they are trying to hide from public view.” She is right to ask. They have plenty to hide.

Kim walked outside and saw ICE rolling up in an armored vehicle. Armed agents lined up. Kim—a former diplomat—put himself between the agents and the crowd to keep anyone from getting hurt. ICE answered by pepper spraying him. Kim stayed calm and kept negotiating, pleading with them not to transfer the hunger strikers to Louisiana and Texas.

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The regime built Delaney Hall to be invisible. A senator and a governor made it the most visible jail in America this week. This is what showing up looks like.

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