Progressive House Candidate Indicted Amid Chicago Area ICE Protests

Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive Democrat running for an open House seat in Illinois, faces federal charges after attending a protest at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center outside Chicago. The indictment, which was issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that Abughazaleh and several other protesters obstructed a government vehicle and damaged it, including by scratching its surface and etching the word