More than 500 arrested as women rally in D.C. to protest Trump's immigration policy
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| Largest Protest March since Vietnam War |
They came from all over, took planes and buses from 47 states, slept at friends' homes or in churches and prepared to be arrested Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Most of the participants were white women, stumbling over the syllables of Spanish-language chants. Many had never faced arrest before. But here they were.
Capitol Police said 575 protesters were arrested and escorted out of the Hart Senate Office Building in a mass demonstration that called for the abolishment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and an end to migrant family detentions and the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.
They were charged with unlawfully demonstrating, a misdemeanor.
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