NJ Nurse Says ICE Agents ‘Violently Attacked’ Her During Protest Outside Migrant Jail

NJ nurse says ICE agents ‘violently attacked’ her during protest outside migrant jail

Protestors and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand off at Delaney Hall in Newark on May 25, 2026. Law enforcement clashed with protestors at a driveway outside the federal migrant detention center as detainees inside held a hunger strike to protest poor conditions in the jail. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor)A Kean University nursing professor suffered a fractured kneecap, torn meniscus, and head injury after federal im…

Study: Federal agents misused tear gas during Minnesota ICE protests

Federal agents aggressively deployed powerful chemical irritants during Operation Metro Surge, a recent report found, in many cases at close range on protesters. The study, conducted by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley, was released earlier this month. Researchers compiled and verified use-of-force incidents between June 2025 and June 2026 through documentation including news re…

Study finds 94 cases of crowd-control weapon misuse during Minnesota ICE protests

The state accounted for nearly one-quarter of all incidents nationwide documented by the Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley. While rubber bullets were most common in Los Angeles, researchers found federal officers primarily used chemical irritants in Minnesota.