Nearly 600 protesters at Women's March arrested on Capitol Hill
Source: abc
Jun 28, 2018, 5:15 PM ET
More than a thousand female protesters, joined by Democratic senators, have taken center stage on Capitol Hill to protest the president's immigration policies.
Chanting "WE CARE" and "ABOLISH ICE," the protesters are demanding Congress act to end Trump's policies that criminalize and detain undocumented immigrants and separate detained families. ICE is a common acronym for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut visited the protesters to support their efforts. Sen. Tammy Duckworth was spotted in her wheelchair with her daughter in her lap.
Protesters walked around wearing mylar blankets similar to those being handed out to immigrant children detained and separated from their families.
“Women are outraged at the separation of families,” said Linda Sarsour, one of last year's Women’s March Organizer. “We are outraged of all the things that are unfolding in our country."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/womens-march-protesters-call-end-family-separation-capitol/story?id=56240419
PHOTO: We Care is written on a protesters hands during a march from Freedom Plaza to demonstrate against family detentions and to demand the end of criminalizing efforts of asylum seekers and immigrants June 28, 2018 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee/Getty Images
'We Care' is written on a protester's hands during a march from Freedom Plaza to demonstrate against family detentions and to demand the end of criminalizing efforts of asylum seekers and immigrants June 28, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
PHOTO: Protesters march from Freedom Plaza to demonstrate against family detentions and to demand the end of criminalizing efforts of asylum seekers and immigrants June 28, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Sasha Stashwick
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Senator Duckworth (and daughter!) addressing women not yet arrested. #WomenDisobey
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Way to go Senator Duckworth!!! 
needed more balls. I think the ovaries are showing the real class and courage.
There are some men out there. But the women are showing up big time! They are speaking out.
(The poster was kind enough to state that he/she was using "balls" as a metaphor. :roll
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They were allowed to destroy barricades and stack them in front of the White House while threatening Obama.
ZERO ARRESTS
Oct 2013
