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   From: andersm@stk.com   
      
   Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona said she was pepper-sprayed   
   and "pushed around" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during   
   a raid at a Tucson restaurant on Friday.   
      
   In a video statement posted on X, Grijalva said it happened as local   
   Tucsonans gathered to stop a group of roughly 40 ICE agents, many of   
   them masked and in several vehicles, stationed in the middle of a street   
   near a restaurant she frequents.   
      
   Grijalva said she was "sprayed in the face by a very aggressive agent,   
   pushed around by others." She added, "I literally was not being   
   aggressive, I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a   
   member of Congress."   
      
   Department for Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denied   
   Grijalva's account, saying instead that the congresswoman was "in the   
   vicinity" of another person who was pepper-sprayed as they obstructed   
   and assaulted law enforcement.   
      
   “If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel. But they’re   
   not true. She wasn’t pepper-sprayed," McLaughlin said.   
      
   “Presenting one’s self as a 'member of Congress' doesn’t give you the   
   right to obstruct law enforcement," she added.   
      
   McLaughlin also said that two law enforcement officers "were seriously   
   injured" during the incident.   
      
   A spokesperson for Tucson Police Department, Ofc. Frank Magos, said that   
   ICE had served a federal search warrant at Taco Giro, a local restaurant   
   on Friday morning, and "federal tactical resources responded to extract   
   federal investigative special agents from the area where community had   
   gathered."   
      
   Federal agents deployed "chemical munitions" and called for emergency   
   support from Tucson police to make their way out of the area, Magos   
   said.   
      
   Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz said in a   
   joint statement Friday that federal special agents had conducted a raid   
   in the city that "rapidly escalated into violence against the public."   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-adelita-grijalva-says-was-s   
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