""When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed," she added. Grijalva said in a video uploaded to the post that she was "sprayed in the face by a very aggressive agent, pushed around by others, when I literally was not being aggressive, I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a member of Congress.""
""In what Arizona's attorney general slammed as an "unacceptable and outrageous" act of "unchecked aggression," a federal immigration officer fired pepper spray toward recently sworn-in Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva during a Friday raid on a Tucson restaurant. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) wrote on social media that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) officers "just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson - a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years.""
Federal immigration officers conducted a raid at Taco Giro, a small Tucson restaurant, and confronted community members. Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva identified herself, asked for information, and said she was pushed aside and pepper-sprayed by agents. Video shows an agent firing a projectile near her feet and agents deploying gas against the crowd. Arizona's attorney general characterized the action as "unacceptable and outrageous" and "unchecked aggression." Grijalva described ICE as operating without transparency or accountability and demanded clear answers and accountability, saying no family should live in fear.
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