NEW YORK: Three Democratic members of Congress have been arrested at a protest outside Trump Tower.
US Reps Raul Grijalva, of Arizona; Luis Gutierrez, of Illinois; and Adriano Espaillat, of New York, were among a small group of demonstrators who sat down in the street on Fifth Avenue Tuesday afternoon and refused to move.
The Democratic speaker of New York’s City Council, Melissa Mark-Viverito, also was handcuffed and led away.
The protesters were demanding that Congress pass legislation protecting thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
Protest organizers had said prior to the event that the lawmakers planned to get arrested.
President Donald Trump delivered an address at the United Nations earlier Tuesday. The Republican is scheduled to stay at Trump Tower this evening, but wasn’t present for the protest.
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3 US lawmakers arrested at Trump Tower protest
3 US lawmakers arrested at Trump Tower protest
Russia launches missile, 126 drones at Ukraine between rounds of Geneva talks: Kyiv
- Russian forces had launched one ballistic missile and deployed 126 attack drones in the barrage
KYIV: Russian forces launched aerial attacks on Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, ahead of a second day of negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow officials in Geneva.
The Ukrainian air force said in a statement that Russian forces had launched one ballistic missile and deployed 126 attack drones in the barrage, adding that its air defense units had downed 100 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Ukrainian air force said in a statement that Russian forces had launched one ballistic missile and deployed 126 attack drones in the barrage, adding that its air defense units had downed 100 unmanned aerial vehicles.
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