House candidate Kat Abughazaleh federally indicted over Illinois ICE protest

Published October 29, 2025 4:17pm ET



House congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh is among six people who have been federally indicted on account of allegedly blocking vehicles outside of a federal immigration center during a protest in Broadview, Illinois.

The indictment, filed last week, argues Abughazaleh “physically hindered and impeded” an agent who was “forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.”

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