Hey, you're listening to the On the Media Midweek podcast. I'm Michael Lohinger.

For a second week, reports of inhumane conditions at Delaney Hall in New Jersey are drawing protesters and camera crews.

So protesters outside, an immigration and customs enforcement detention center showed up to stand in solidarity with

detainees who have been holding a hunger strike.

These back and forth between demonstrators and officers have actually gotten pretty violent.

Last night we got images of officers using their batons to push back the crowd.

The confrontations escalated with tear gas and explosive devices being used to break up the crowds.

Hand up! No shoot!

A handful of journalists and dozens of protesters have been arrested.

New Jersey Senator Andy Kim was pepper sprayed by federal agents when he tried to de-escalate tensions between ICE agents and demonstrators.

Meanwhile, Department of Homeland Security head Mark Wayne Mullen has blamed the usual suspects.

These riders are organized. These writers are organized.

These writers are sponsored by somebody.

We see Antifa flags out there.

They're not just exercising their First Amendment.

Under this Trump administration, ISIS operations have ballooned,

making it the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.

Last July, in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act,

Congress tripled ICE's annual budget from about $10 billion to roughly $30 billion,

which includes roughly $100 million for what the agency calls wartime recruitment.

Drew Harwell is a technology reporter for the Washington Post.

I spoke to him for an interview we first aired earlier this year,

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