Andy Kim

Federal biological data could ultimately be the key to unlocking the next generation of medical and scientific breakthroughs. By implementing a streamlined system with crucial privacy protections, this bill would accelerate AI-driven…

They refused to let me talk to any detainees.

This is our money going to detain these people, and we’re not getting any answers.

This is impeding my ability to lawfully do the oversight that I’m legally allowed to do, and I told them I thought this was a deep breach of my responsibilities and what the American people are demanding.

That’s the stuff that just pisses me off about this. I was here to get answers for these family members that I talked with earlier today, and I didn’t get them.

It’s an exceedingly old building, not up to standards, which is causing so many of the problems and poor conditions—like the extreme heat detainees are complaining about now.

First, the facility needs to be shut down. It’s not up to any type of standard.

We can do something about it, right here, right now.

If true, these actions must stop immediately. … ICE and GEO have a responsibility to keep detainees safe: they’ve instead refused to let State health officials conduct full inspections and have repeatedly stood in the way of Congressional…

The people inside Delaney Hall deserve their day in court and to be treated humanely, not violently. The time is now to shut this broken facility down.

You can’t just plow your way through this crowd of civilians. You should be doing something to try to minimize the potential for violence.

I told them: ‘You can’t just plow your way through this crowd of civilians. You should be doing something to try to minimize the potential for violence.

GEO Group and CoreCivic and others are making their fortunes from immigrant detention, [and] it’s coming at our expense.

I'm not complaining about the pepperball spraying — for me, I'm complaining about what the treatment is to my constituents, to Americans and to civilians that were in harm's way.

So again, this isn't about me. I was willing to take on that risk. I'd do it all over again.

I just want to say this was never about me.

There’s an 18-year-old high school senior in there who just wants to go to prom and graduation.

I will do anything that I can to keep my constituents and to keep people safe.

I certainly didn’t see anything at Delaney Hall that gives me a sense that things have changed since Minnesota.

I was pepper-sprayed after trying to de-escalate tensions between immigration agents and protesters, and my throat still burned later that evening.

What we saw here is unfortunately just what we see all over the country.

This place needs a shutdown, and these people need to be able to get out.

We can’t keep putting the cost of this war in Iran on American families.

I just wanted to try to keep people safe.

It’s sad, it’s a sad day.