The president of the Turning Point USA chapter at the University of Chicago is calling for action against a faculty member who was arrested for alleged violent acts on October 3 at an anti-ICE rally.
“Professor Eman Abdelhadi’s history of inflammatory and anti-American rhetoric is deeply concerning. Students deserve a safe and open campus environment where they can express their views without fear of intimidation or retaliation from faculty,” Tyler Shasteen told Fox News Digital.
Abdelhadi, an associate professor in the school’s Department of Comparative Human Development, was detained on October 3 and faces two felony charges of aggravated battery to a government employee and two misdemeanor charges of resisting/obstructing peace related to a rally at the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility.
A mugshot of Eman Adbelhadi from Oct. 3, 2025. (Cook County Sheriff’s Office) (Cook County Sheriff’s Office)
Just a day before her arrest, she accused ICE of “terrorizing our communities” on a far-left podcast.
“I mean, in Broadview, ICE has been setting up shop in our backyard. Just brazenly taking up community resources to terrorize this very same community,” she stated.
She also put out a call for resistance, and lambasted those who she believes aren’t taking extreme enough action.
“At this point, you are either on the side of protecting our neighbors and protecting our community, or you’re on the side of this administration. There is no neutral ground in this moment. There’s no center left. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” she expressed.
At the Socialism 2025 conference earlier this year, she also slammed her employer.
“F— the University of Chicago, it’s evil, you know it’s a colonial landlord. Like, why would I put any of my political energy into this space? I kind of had a little bit of disdain for people who spent their time doing that,” she mentioned on a panel during the far-left gathering.
A demonstrator is detained as people protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Broadview facility in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 3, 2025. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters)
“Turns out, I work at one of the biggest employers in the city of Chicago. I work at a place that is a landlord, a healthcare provider, a police force, f— that s—, but, they are, and a place where I have access to thousands of people that I could potentially organize… actually, this is where I need to build power. That’s possible structural leverage,” she said.
The University of Chicago and Abdelhadi did not return comment requests.
