Splinter News
Rafi Schwartz
January 17, 2018
Original Article
Dozens of immigration rights activists were arrested at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Wednesday as part of a massive act of civil disobedience carried out to demand action to protect DACA recipients.
According to a statement posted by the progressive Jewish organization Bend the Arc, 86 out of more than 100 protesters were arrested, while groups of undocumented youth affiliated with the United We Dream immigration rights group visited individual senators’ offices throughout the day.