We reported on the complaints from Democrat Rep. Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) that she was "pushed aside and pepper-sprayed" during an enforcement action in Tucson, Arizona:
According to Grijalva, community members in Tucson had stopped approximately 40 ICE officers, most of whom were masked, in the middle of a street near Taco Giro, which Grijalva described as a small mom-and-pop restaurant.
She said the community members stopped the officers “because they were afraid they [the agents] were taking people without due process.”
“I was here — this is like the restaurant I come to literally once a week — and was sprayed in the face by a very aggressive agent, pushed around by others, when I literally was not being aggressive,” Grijalva said in a video posted to social platform X. “I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a member of Congress.”
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Grijalva appeared to be admitting that the crowd interfered with the agents.
She also posted the following video. If she thinks this makes her look good, she's delusional:
ICE is a lawless agency under this Administration – operating with no transparency, no accountability, and open disregard for basic due process.
— Rep. Adelita Grijalva (@Rep_Grijalva) December 5, 2025
No family in our community should live in fear, and I will not rest until we get clear answers and accountability. pic.twitter.com/Z2mUuRxHuX
What I see is people interfering with the agents trying to do their job, then leave. What is Grijalva doing? Performing for the cameras, telling the agents to "get out." I don't see anyone pushing her. I don't see any pepper spray in the face, although I do see a puff of smoke at her feet at one point. Given how the crowd was behaving, the agents' behavior was relatively sedate. The agents are trying to leave, but it's the crowd that's blocking them.
Pro tip to Grijalva? She doesn't get to interfere in active enforcement action just because she's a member of Congress. And it wasn't very smart to post the video showing how wrong she is.
It was actually even worse than this video shows. According to Fox, up to 200 demonstrators at one point had blocked the agents in the parking lot. Someone had locked the parking lot gate on them. Authorities had to cut the lock off with a saw. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), two agents were injured in the chaos. And the agents had to call the local police for help and "emergency support" just to get out of the area for their own safety, even after deploying pepper spray.
The enforcement action involved an investigation that had been going on for years, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Fernando X. Burgos.
That wasn't all. As if Grijalva hadn't done enough already, she went on Jen Psaki's MS NOW show and claimed she had been "shot at."
Rep Grijalva has been in congress five minutes and already has her ICE viral victimhood moment secured:
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 6, 2025
"I really did go with the assumption that I'm just trying to understand what's happening.”
"I went up, I introduce myself, I let them know who I was."
“One agent said, I… pic.twitter.com/jOAgh0jpic
“One agent said, I don't care who you are, you need to get out of the way.”
“We were pushed. We were shot at.”
"It was very frightening and very jarring.”
It’s a script. Same one every time.
Disrupt and/or impede ICE operations, provoke a response.
Victimhood moment secured, media hits assured.
She's upset that when she tried to push her name at the agents, she claims he said, "I don't care who you are, you need to get out of the way." Good for him; that's exactly right.
This behavior is just disgraceful. This is how far over the line Democrats have gone.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson let her have it.
Being a member of congress does not mean you can interfere with an ongoing law enforcement operation and tell law enforcement officers to "get out."
— Abigail Jackson 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) December 5, 2025
Wild to post this video and think it makes you look good. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/A8DJvjlBLG
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