New Democratic Rep Adelita Grijalva Posts Video Of Herself Obstructing Federal Agents

Democratic Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva interfered in an active immigration enforcement operation Friday in Arizona and posted the footage online.

Grijalva took office just last month after winning a special election in September to succeed her late father. Grijalva filmed herself confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they attempted to carry out their duties, stepping between officers and their vehicle while demanding information about the operation.

“ICE is a lawless agency under this Administration – operating with no transparency, no accountability, and open disregard for basic due process. No family in our community should live in fear, and I will not rest until we get clear answers and accountability,” Grijalva wrote.

Grijalva posted a lengthy video accusing ICE agents of spraying her, manhandling community members and “disappearing people,” after she interfered.

“We just came up on a community that was protecting their people. We had, I would say, maybe 40 ICE agents, most of them masked in several vehicles that the community had stopped right here, right in the middle of the street, because they were afraid that they were taking people without due process, without any kind of notice,” Grijalva said. “And so 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.”