Tensions escalated at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview Friday, where, during a morning demonstration, where an ICE agent shoved a congressional candidate to the ground, immigration agents later fired tear gas and pepper-balls into the crowd, and two protesters were arrested.

The protest, which began about 5 a.m., drew dozens of demonstrators to the facility to protest the detention of people swept up in “Operation Midway Blitz,” President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign targeting the Chicago-area.

In a video circulating on social media, Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic primary candidate running for the 9th Congressional District seat, was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent in fully camouflaged uniform.

Abughazaleh told the Sun-Times she wa

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