Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona congressperson, said she was “sprayed in the face” during a protest against a federal immigration raid at a Mexican restaurant in Tucson on Friday.

In a video filmed after the incident, Grijalva said she joined a group of protesters assembled outside of Taco Giro, a “small mom-and-pop” restaurant in Tucson Grijalva said she visits weekly. By the time she arrived, she said they had “stopped” a squadron of dozens of mostly masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

The protesters, Grijalva said, were “afraid that they were taking people without due process”.

A second video shared by Grijalva’s official account on social media shows a chaotic standoff between federal agents in tactical gear and protesters carrying anti-ICE signs. Grijalva, a

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