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DHS Disputes Rep. Adelita Grijalva’s Claim She Was Pepper-Sprayed During Tucson ICE Raid

Footage shows crowd-control spray during a 16-warrant immigration sweep across southern Arizona.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva during a news conference outside the Capitol on Nov. 18, 2025.
U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, attends a press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on November 12, 2025.
US Representative Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, attends her ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 12, 2025. After weeks of delay, congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election to fill the seat vacated after her father Raul Grijalva died, is sworn in to the House of Representatives, where she is expected to force a vote on the release of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's files. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Rep. Adelita Grijalva says agents sprayed her in the face and pushed her as she sought information outside a Taco Giro restaurant in Tucson.
  • DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denies that Grijalva was sprayed, saying she was near someone who was and asserting two officers were seriously injured.
  • ICE says Homeland Security Investigations and federal partners, including IRS Criminal Investigation, executed 16 search warrants tied to a years-long immigration and tax probe, with multiple arrests.
  • Videos posted by Grijalva and journalists show agents deploying pepper spray and crowd-control munitions, including a pepper ball landing near the congresswoman.
  • Tucson’s mayor and vice mayor called the tactics disproportionate, and the Tucson Police Department said it handled traffic control only and used no force.