Congressional candidates Kat Abughazaleh and Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss both joined a group of protesters outside a Department of Homeland Security processing facility in Broadview Friday morning as ICE raids ramp up in Illinois.

The agents, armed with tear gas canisters and rifles, repeatedly encroached on the protesters throughout the morning to allow vehicles to pass, leading to one agent physically shoving Biss back about three feet and others pulling Abughazaleh from the ground, scraping her knees.

The two congressional candidates were side-by-side throughout the morning, as Abughazaleh live-streamed the protest on her heavily followed social media accounts.

Friday was the first time Biss had traveled to the processing facility, just one day after DHS told city officials they had arrested someone in Evanston on Brown Avenue.

The protest came just one day after federal agents told Evanston police they had arrested one individual in Evanston for a “criminal matter,” after Biss warned residents that ICE would likely enter the city this week.

Biss said he wasn’t aware whether the person arrested was in the Broadview facility, which serves as a temporary detainment site before detainees are moved out of state, but called the armed and unidentified agents’ presence “profoundly dangerous.”

Biss said he has asked several agents who touched him their names and agencies, but said none responded.

“This is the force, the violent power of the state, being used anonymously with no accountability,” Biss said.

Abughazaleh, who had arrived early in the morning, called the detentions at the facility “atrocious.”

“We need this facility shut down,” Abughazaleh said, later saying she was “so glad” to stand with Biss throughout the morning.

Biss noted he was “proud to stand with” Abughazaleh in the protests, saying, “We’re on the same side.”

Abughazaleh had attended a vigil at the facility last month and protested last Friday as well.

“I’d urge all the other candidates to join us,” Biss said. “We have the ability to raise the attention needed right now.”

Biss said he was willing to get arrested at the protest after agents threatened to deploy tear gas and demanded the group of protesters disperse from the facility’s sidewalk or face arrest.

“We need to do what we can,” Biss said. “I come from a position of privilege, not only because of my citizenship but frankly of my role as mayor … I ought to use that to say what I believe and what I think all of Evanston believes but also bring more people to the cause because that is how we win.”