ICE in Chicago: Kat Abughazaleh Indicted

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Welcome to The Logoff: A federal grand jury in Illinois has indicted six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, for participating in a September protest outside an ICE facility near Chicago.

What happened? The⁤ indictment charges six people, including two local elected ‍officials and Kat Abughazaleh, a democrat running for⁢ congress on Chicago’s North Shore, with conspiring to⁣ interfere with ‍and ⁣forcibly impeding a federal agent⁢ outside of an ICE facility in⁤ the Chicago suburb of Broadview.

The indictment alleges that, among‍ other actions,⁤ the people charged “physically hindered and⁣ impeded Agent A and the Government Vehicle ⁣such that Agent A was forced to drive at ‍an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.” Video of the confrontation posted to X by Abughazaleh shows protesters chanting and attempting to block the car.

Protests against the crackdown have frequently enough centered on the Broadview ⁢ICE facility, and peaceful protesters – including Abughazaleh and members of⁣ the clergy – have repeatedly been ⁤assaulted and tear-gassed by federal agents. ⁣Such tactics have been under increasing legal scrutiny; this week, a ⁤Border Patrol official was told to appear…