Adelita Grijalva Got Hit With Spray!

Okay, it was tear gas. You don't see the video of Adelita Grijalva being pepper sprayed. This is how our federal government sees a sitting member of Congress when she is demanding answers.

The United States and Israel share one thing in common. Denying their actions and claiming the accuser is either lying or exaggerating. When the video proof is shown, they claim its was the fault of the accuser and they shouldn't be involved in matters.

It is a tactic that's been played for decades. As more Americans are showing frustration with the federal government being incompetent, the time is now.

The status quo cannot continue on.

Over 50 days of waiting and Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn in as the U.S. Representative from Arizona. She is the daughter of the late member Raul Grijalva. The lawmaker is proving to be one of President Donald J. Trump's newest headaches.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) is passionate. She called out House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he did his swearing in for Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-TN), two days after he was declared the winner in a special election to replace Mark Green.

She is a voice of the Hispanic/indigenous progressive movement.

While in her district, she literally confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Well, that was awfully quick. https://t.co/geh0IBExTX

— Rep. Adelita Grijalva (@Rep_Grijalva) December 4, 2025

The ICE officials are going to push for Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict her like they did Rep. LaMonica Mciver (D-NJ).

While in Tuscon, ICE agents were violently rounding up random people on the basis that local establishment was hub to undocumented immigrants.

Grijalva confronted the agents. She was pepper-sprayed by immigration agents during raids and protests in southern Arizona on Friday morning that resulted in dozens of arrests.

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. pic.twitter.com/Z2mUuRxHuX

— Rep. Adelita Grijalva (@Rep_Grijalva) December 5, 2025

Grijalva said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she witnessed 40 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during demonstrations linked to a federal operation at Taco Giro, a local Mexican food chain, in Tucson.

Video posted on social media showed agents using pepper spray on the large group of protestors, along with Rep. Grijalva, who arrived and tried to talk to protestors in a raid at the Tucson restaurant.

For Republicans it takes 48 hours to be sworn. For Democrats, it is a matter of principle and Republicans have to focus on other issues than swearing in elected officials.

Congresswoman says she was getting lunch

The Democratic lawmaker said she had shown up to get lunch for herself alongside her staff. When she arrived, she said she identified herself as a member of Congress and was asking federal agents questions when she was reportedly pepper-sprayed.

If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel.

But they’re not true. She wasn’t pepper sprayed.

She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement. In fact, 2 law enforcement officers were seriously… https://t.co/U0zspIuGxQ

— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) December 5, 2025

ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson - a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years.

When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed. pic.twitter.com/gPx0p3IXP2

— Rep. Adelita Grijalva (@Rep_Grijalva) December 5, 2025

“I was sprayed in the face by a very aggressive agent and pushed around by others when I literally was not being aggressive,” she said. “I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a member of Congress.”

“We saw people directly sprayed, members of our press, everybody that was with me, my staff member, myself, two staff members, we have remnants of whatever they sprayed on us,” the Democrat said in a recorded video statement posted on social media.

“While I am fine, if that is the way they treat me, how are they treating other community members who do not have the same privileges and protections that I do?” Rep. Grijalva later explained in a written statement.

ICE conducts 16 search warrants

ICE said that it joined other feMOderal partners, including the IRS Criminal Investigations Unit, to conduct 16 search warrants in southern Arizona.

An ICE spokesman later said on Friday that 46 people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally were arrested during operations at several homes and restaurants in southern Arizona.

Feds said the warrants were conducted as part of a years-long investigation into immigration and tax violations.

Tricia McLaughlin with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Rep. Grijalva was nearby someone who was pepper-sprayed because they were “obstructing and assaulting law enforcement.” She added two law enforcement officers were “seriously hurt by this mob.”

Video shows confrontations

Tucson news crews captured at least one protester being detained during a confrontation with agents, while another appeared to be directly confronting one agent. It’s unclear what prompted the demonstrations to escalate.

In a joint statement, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz called the situation an “disproportionate use of force.”

“Under the Trump Administration, unidentified federal agents often intentionally wear clothing with vague words like ‘police’ to purposefully confuse the public,“ the statement read in part. ”[...] Smoke grenades and pepper balls against the public, including our own Representative Adelita Grijalva, is not justified and cannot be tolerated.’

Adelita will be shaking things up.

Video captured by a KOLD photojournalist showed agents removing several boxes from a Taco Giro location near Cortaro Farms Road and Thornydale Road in Tucson’s northside.

In a statement, the Tucson Police Department said it conducted traffic control in the area and was not directly involved in the operations.

“All TPD personnel involved in the response were in full TPD patrol (dark blue) uniforms,” the police department said in a release. “No detentions, arrests, munitions, or force were deployed by TPD personnel at this incident during our response. The Tucson Police Department remains committed to supporting our community by ensuring both public safety and the protection of everyone’s ability to peacefully exercise their rights.”

At least one other Taco Giro Tucson location was also raided, according to KOLD. Eyewitness accounts also detailed that border agents and crime scene tape could be seen at Taco Giro’s locations in Casa Grande, Sierra Vista and Vail, Arizona.