Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), immigration reform advocates, and clergy members protested for five hours after a meeting with Chicago ICE yesterday, briefly being placed in handcuffs before being let go without citation.
Rep. Gutierrez and the advocates were protesting Donald Trump’s immigration executive orders, sprawling ICE raids, and the case of Francisca Lina — an immigrant who has been here for decades and has four children who are US citizens. She is married to a US citizen but is currently under a deportation order. Rep. Gutierrez has said that the case should be a low priority for ICE agents and illustrates a broken immigration system.
View the tweets chronicling the Chicago protest yesterday, below. As Rep. Gutierrez tweeted, “They were scared to arrest us because they know our cause is just. We ended our sit in but we will #resist.”
Entering a meeting with ICE in #chicago at this hour to discuss deportations, #daca #detention #chiresist #twill pic.twitter.com/3dNt9ZZOUb
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
We are staying until we get answers from ICE Aqui nos quedamos hasta que nos den respuestas de ICE #CHIRESIST #twill pic.twitter.com/Z6RlLHGiH6
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
Federal police giving us our first warning that we risk arrest if we stay at Chicago ICE HQ.#chiresist #twill pic.twitter.com/M77rU0EgGs
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
I was arrested, cuffed then cuffs were cut off. Waiting for further word on if/when we will be arrested. #chiresist pic.twitter.com/vKJRnz6Ebj
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
ICE knows deportation policies are egregious, unfair. They have not arrested us because they know policies are morally bankrupt. #chiresist
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
The DHS Police are still outside, but so far they have not come back to arrest us at the sit-in. #chiresist #twill pic.twitter.com/NitiGR9ZME
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
I guess @realDonaldTrump is OK to bully vulnerable children and families but afraid to arrest US citizens who stand up 4 justice #chiresist
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
We want ICE to rescind tweets threatening DACA DREAMers. We need to stand up when our govt is wrong. #chiresist @CNN pic.twitter.com/UUNMVKYJeG
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
We ended our sit in but not our fight against ICE deportation policies targeting families. #chiresist #twill pic.twitter.com/KEKwMYvC3K
— Luis V. Gutierrez (@RepGutierrez) March 13, 2017
