Adelita Grijalva, representative for the 7th. Arizona Congressional District, reported that while she was at a restaurant in Tucson, an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was carried out at the location, and one of its agents sprayed her in the face with pepper spray. The Democrat, who was sworn in last month as a new member of the House of Representatives, stated that approximately 40 ICE officers, all of them masked, intended to detain undocumented immigrants detected at the Taco Giro restaurant, located in the 610 block of North Grande Road in Tucson. However, they faced opposition from a larger group of people demanding they abandon the action. Grijalva stated that, despite identifying herself as a congresswoman when questioning the federal agents present, one of them pepper-sprayed her. "I was here—this is like the restaurant I went to literally once a week—and a very aggressive agent sprayed me in the face, while others were pushing me, when I literally wasn't being aggressive. I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a member of Congress," she can be heard saying in a video shared on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Hours later, an ICE spokesperson stated in a press release that more raids had been carried out during the early morning hours at several restaurants in Tucson, where a large group of immigrants were detained and taken into custody to determine their legal status. Adelita Grijalva condemned the agents' behavior. of ICE during their operations.

“I'm fine. If this is how they treat me, how are they treating other members of the community who don't have the same privileges and protections?

ICE has become a lawless agency under this Administration, operating without transparency, without accountability and with a blatant disregard for due process. No family in our community should live in fear, and I will not rest until we get clear answers and accountability,” she wrote in a letter.