“Her face hurt my hand”
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh said she was injured Friday as a result of getting knocked to the ground by a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agent.
The incident took place during a demonstration outside of the Broadview ICE detention facility near Chicago. Abughazaleh, a Democrat seeking to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, posted a video on X, writing: “This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights.”
“This escalation isn’t surprising,” she said. “We shouldn’t be shocked that ICE agents that are allowed to operate outside the law operate outside the law. This should be a processing facility, meaning people should not be held there for more than 12 hours at a time, but they are being held there for days, even weeks.”
The Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, said in a statement to MSNBC, “These fame hungry, sanctuary politicians are so desperate for their 15-minutes of fame that they will go so far as to put our law enforcement at risk and obstruct justice.”
Except they’re not putting “our law enforcement” at risk, and they’re not obstructing justice. You on the other hand…
H/t Mostly Cloudy
Not just the 1st, but also the 14th Amendment, which they are either ignorant of or don’t care. My bet is both.
I was just watching interviews with Kat – she’s amazing!