Capitol Police arrest 70 in immigration protests, including 90-year-old nun [View all]
Source: ABC News
Capitol Police arrested 70 people in the Senate office building Thursday, including a 90-year-old nun, as demonstrators gathered to protest the administration’s immigration policies.
The arrests came as tensions flared on Capitol Hill surrounding the immigration debate, including allegations of massive overcrowding and unsanitary conditions at U.S. Border Patrol facilities.
“The United States Capitol Police arrested 70 individuals for unlawfully demonstrating in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building. All were charged with D.C. Code §22-1307, Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding,” USCP Communications Director Eva Malecki wrote in an email.
At the protest, Sister Pat Murphy, 90, a member of the Sisters of Mercy, who traveled to Washington, D.C., from Chicago, said she was one of those arrested.
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