CHICAGO - Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic candidate for Congress from the Chicago area, was among six individuals indicted in federal court in connection with their protests at the ICE processing facility in suburban Broadview .

What we know:

Federal prosecutors allege that Abughazaleh, along with Michael Rabbitt, Andre Martin, Catherine Sharp, Brian Straw, and Joselyn Walsh, tried to impede a federal agent at the Broadview facility on Sept. 26.

They allege that the group "surrounded" a government vehicle driven by the agent "with the intent to hinder and impede" the agent.

Abughazaleh responded to the charges on her social media account.

"This is a political prosecution and a gross attempt to silence dissent, a right protected under the First Amendment," she said in a video poste

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