Government Officials are beginning to put THEMSELVES on the line as this country sinks BACK into the 1960’s ‘civil disobedience ‘ action’s occur against the Trump Admin…
Those Democratic Lawmakers in Washington ARE going to come under pressure to step ‘to’ Trump and Republicans….
It HAS Begun…..
Federal officers arrested 11 Democratic elected officials inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Thursday after the officials demanded access to cells used by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to detain migrants.
The officials, including Brad Lander, the city comptroller, and city and state lawmakers, were arrested after they showed up at 26 Federal Plaza and sought to inspect the 10th-floor holding cells, which are operated by ICE and closed to the public. The cells have drawn scrutiny following complaints of unsanitary and overcrowded conditions, leading a federal judge to order ICE to improve the conditions last month.
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, denied the elected officials access and arrested themshortly after 3:45 p.m., after they sat down on the floor, refused to leave and began to chant after unfurling a banner that read: “NYers against ICE.”
At about the same time, another group of Democratic elected officials was arrested after the officials joined about 40 protesters outside 26 Federal Plaza attempting to block the garage doors typically used by ICE as it moves vans carrying detained immigrants. The arrested officials, including Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, sat down on the ground, chanting for the release of everyone in ICE custody and holding signs that said, “ICE out of NY.”
Police officers urged the officials to move before moving in to arrest them, along with numerous protesters.
The coordinated displays of protest on Thursday, planned largely by members of the Democratic Party’s left flank, were the latest sign of opposition to President Trump’s pledge to carry out mass deportations, including in liberal, immigrant-heavy cities such as New York…
image of New York City Police Officers detaining Jumaane D. Williams, the New York City public advocate, NOT ICE agents….Victor J. Blue for The New York Times