Fox News reports that Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic US Senate candidate in Michigan, is facing renewed scrutiny after his half-sister, University of Chicago associate professor Eman Abdelhadi, was arrested last year in connection with an anti-ICE protest. The article frames the connection as politically significant because El-Sayed is already facing criticism over his progressive views during a competitive Senate campaign.

Abdelhadi is described as an associate professor in the University of Chicago’s Department of Comparative Human Development and as a prominent left-wing activist. According to the article, she was arrested on a felony charge after allegedly assaulting a police officer during an anti-ICE demonstration; the excerpt provided does not state the outcome of the case or whether El-Sayed commented on it.