Illinois House candidate charged over ICE protest

Oct 29, 2025 - 19:00
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Illinois House candidate charged over ICE protest
A progressive congressional candidate in Illinois has been indicted on federal charges stemming from protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in a nearby suburb of Chicago. Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a social media influencer and former journalist running for Congress in Illinois’s 9th District, was hit with two counts: conspiracy to impede or…