In a chaotic scene at an immigration detention facility in the Chicago suburbs, Illinois Democratic candidates running for Congress said they were tear-gassed, shot with pepper balls and shoved to the ground by federal agents on Friday while protesting against President Donald Trump's immigration surge into the city.

NBC Chicago reports that protesters surrounded a van trying to leave the facility. Armed guards attempted to move the crowd back and detained one individual. Later, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez showed up to join protesters.

Federal officers in camouflage and riot gear clashed as demonstrators blocked vehicles in protest of Trump's expanding enforcement sweep.

Federal agents deployed pepper balls on a crowd of protesters Friday morning gathering outside the Broadview ICE processing center.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton was in attendance Friday morning for a protest outside the Broadview ICE processing center after demonstrators clashed with federal agents at times.

Several protesters were detained outside of an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, with tear gas being deployed toward the crowd as a vehicle tried to leave. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke about the demonstration.

A protest in Illinois on Friday culminated in a candidate being tossed to the ground, allegedly by an ICE agent, according to video.

Protesters tried to block vehicles Friday outside a federal immigration enforcement building in suburban Chicago, leading to a confrontation with authorities who used a chemical agent to disperse the crowd.