"Federal law enforcement agents used teargas and pepper balls to disperse a group of around 100 protesters, including two Democratic candidates for Congress, during a series of early morning clashes outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) building in Chicago on Friday. Demonstrators had attempted to block a number of government SUVs from entering and exiting the facility, which has become an operating hub and detention location during an immigration crackdown in the Democratic city dubbed Operation Midway Blitz."
"At least two protesters were arrested during the scuffles, which saw masked homeland security agents, dressed in riot gear, fire pepper balls at protesters from a rooftop and launch multiple canisters of teargas. One agent stood with what appeared to be unholstered firearm. The facility is lined with razor wire, and its windows are boarded with plywood. Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive candidate for Illinois's ninth congressional district, had sat at an entrance to the facility, alongside dozens of other protesters, before teargas was launched into the crowd. Earlier in the morning she was shoved to the ground by a masked agent as a group vehicles entered the facility."
Federal law enforcement agents used teargas and pepper balls to disperse around 100 protesters during early morning clashes outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Chicago. Demonstrators attempted to block government SUVs entering and exiting a facility serving as an operating hub and detention location during an immigration crackdown named Operation Midway Blitz. Masked homeland security agents in riot gear fired pepper balls from a rooftop and launched multiple teargas canisters; at least two protesters were arrested. The facility is lined with razor wire and boarded windows. Progressive candidate Kat Abughazaleh was shoved to the ground while sitting at an entrance. Illinois lieutenant governor Juliana Stratton attended earlier and described protesters as singing, chanting, praying, and linking arms to oppose the detention conditions.
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