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Rep. Grijalva Says She Was “Sprayed in the Face” by ICE Agents

HeadlineDec 08, 2025

Democratic Congressmember Adelita Grijalva of Arizona says that she was attacked by masked ICE agents Friday as she tried to find out more information about a raid taking place at a restaurant in her district in Tucson.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva: “I was here — this is like the restaurant I come to literally once a week — and 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.”

Adelita Grijalva is the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress. She’ll join us later in the broadcast.

Meanwhile, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara warned his police officers that they will be fired if they don’t intervene when ICE agents use unlawful force. The Trump administration recently launched an immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities, shortly after President Trump disparaged Minneapolis’s Somali community in a racist tirade, calling them “garbage.”

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