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| CHE GUTIERREZ |
Three Democratic lawmakers were arrested
Tuesday outside of Trump Tower in New York as part of a pro-DREAM Act
demonstration, their offices confirmed.
Reps.
Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois, Raul Grijalva of Arizona and Adriano
Espaillat of New York were among the 10 people taken into custody and
later released, the New York Police Department said. New York City
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was also arrested, police
confirmed.
Demonstrators were calling on Congress
to pass a clean version of legislation designed to shield DREAMers,
undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children.
According
to Make the Road New York, the immigration organization that organized
the demonstration, the members of Congress marched to Trump Tower with
immigrants before blocking traffic on 5th Avenue.
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