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A woman was arrested after climbing to the base of the Statue of Liberty and staying there for three hours. She protested against the family separations of immigrants.
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A woman was arrested after climbing to the base of the Statue of Liberty and staying there for three hours. She protested against the family separations of immigrants.
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Activists in two protests against the Trump Administration's immigration policy were arrested Wednesday at the Statue of Liberty – a group unfurling a banner calling for the abolition of the Liberation Army. Immigration and US Customs, while another woman climbed the base of the statue to protest the family separations of immigrants
Authorities evacuated thousands of visitors to the Island of Liberty , where is the statue, after a woman climbed to the base of the statue around 3 pm. She stayed for several hours before the police stopped her.
According to the New York Times, about 4,500 tourists were forced to leave the island when more than 20,000 tourists visited the Statue of Liberty every 4th of July.
Media reports identify the woman as Thérèse Okoumou. The video shows her walking, sitting and lying on different parts of the base of the statue near the foot and dresses. Two officers attached to the ropes finally walked on the base around 18:15. and led her to a ladder where she climbed to the observation deck about 25 feet below.
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NYPD detective Brian Glacken told reporters that the woman had told them that she was protesting the "Texas children" situation.
He said that it was "a really technical rescue just because of the slopes there" and the lack of places to hold.
The New York Daily News reports that Okoumou is an immigrant herself, born and educated in the region. Democratic Republic of Congo. She now lives in Staten Island and has been living in New York for at least 10 years, the newspaper reports.
Earlier in the day, activists from the Rise and Resist group unfurled a banner closer to the ground reading "Abolish ICE" [19659017] "Our message was that the ICE must be abolished, families must be reunited now that the evictions must be stopped and that the detention policy must be deterrent, "said the group in a statement. Activists in the group also spelled the message with their shirts on the floor.
Rise and Resist, allegedly formed after the 2016 elections, said that 40 people took part in the "banner" and that Okoumou was one of them even if they were not aware of his intention to ride the statue later. According to the Daily News, Okoumou has already participated in several events with the group.
National Park Service spokesman Jerry Willis told The Associated Press that at least six people had been detained. . He stated that federal rules prohibit the installation of banners on the monument, which is managed by the park service.
"People have the right to express themselves, I do not think they have the right to co-opt the Statue of Liberty to do it," Willis said.
"The Statue of Liberty was a reassuring sign that they had arrived in the land of their dreams," says the Park service. "For those anxious newcomers, the Statue's high torch did not suggest" enlightenment ", as its creators had anticipated, but rather" welcome " ". Over time, Liberty has emerged as the "mother of the exiles", a symbol of hope for generations of immigrants.
Over the weekend, protesters demonstrated in cities across the country against Zero Tolerance policies of the Trump administration. Separate detained families by trying to cross the southern border illegally.
More than 2,000 children were separated from their parents before President Trump stopped politics with an executive order. Last week, a federal judge ordered children to be reunited with their parents within 30 days. The Justice Ministry said Friday that it would hold families together for more than 20 days.
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