A federal grand jury has indicted Kat Abughazaleh , a Democratic congressional candidate, along with five others for allegedly obstructing law enforcement during a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois. The indictment, filed on October 23, accuses Abughazaleh of "physically hindering and impeding" an ICE agent by blocking a government vehicle with her body, forcing it to move slowly to avoid harm.

Abughazaleh, 26, who is running for Illinois' 9th Congressional District, has called the charges a "political prosecution" and an attack on First Amendment rights. She stated, "I'm not backing down, and we're going to win." The protest, which took place on September 26, involved demonstrators surrounding and banging on the vehicle, with

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