By Renee Hickman and David Thomas

CHICAGO (Reuters) -Six people, including a Democratic congressional candidate, were indicted Wednesday on charges of impeding a federal officer in connection with a September protest at an immigration detention facility in Broadview, Illinois.

The suburban Chicago facility has been a flashpoint since U.S. President Donald Trump launched a stepped-up immigration enforcement operation in the area on September 8. Agents have responded to protests on multiple occasions by deploying tear gas and shooting pepper balls at demonstrators.

In the indictment, prosecutors allege that on September 26, Kat Abughazaleh – a former journalist who is running for a U.S. House seat as a Democrat – and five other activists protesting at the Broadview site crowded around a g

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