CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Kat Abughazaleh, a candidate running for Congress in Illinois, is among six people facing federal charges in connection with protesting at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in suburban Broadview, the Democrat wrote in a social media post on Wednesday.

Abughazaleh wrote that those being charged are being targeted for “exercising our First Amendment rights” near the ICE facility, which has been the epicenter for clashes between protesters and federal officers and agents.

Video of an encounter showing Abughazaleh being thrown to the ground by a federal agent went viral after the incident took place at the Broadview facility in September.

Abughazaleh wrote in an Instagram post that she and others were targeted by federal officers and agents “si

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