A protest against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in suburban Chicago Friday turned into a full blown melee engulfed in clouds of tear gas as pepper balls and rubber bullets were fired to clear its entrance.

One of the protesters, Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, found herself on the pavement after law enforcement pushed her back from an apparent attempt to block a federal vehicle leaving the facility.

The demonstration took place at the Broadview ICE facility about 12 miles west of downtown Chicago. It quickly devolved into a battle with federal agents in tactical gear when a gate opened and a white SUV tried to exit the facility.

Also in the protest crowd estimated at some 100 demonstrators was Evanston, Illinois, Mayor Daniel Biss, who later a

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