What’s the best way to get your message across? By preventing people from going about their daily lives! At least that’s how the pro-amnesty crowd sees it.
Protesters took to the streets of D.C. today to march in support of amnesty for illegal immigrants:
https://twitter.com/vmiranda42/status/362971297925443586
Happening now: leaders demand a vote on citizenship #timeisnow pic.twitter.com/SqLSa0AlGb
— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC) August 1, 2013
We march today to let House GOP know inaction will NOT be tolerated! http://t.co/xe2arp6zOs Who's with us? #immigrationreform #TimeisNow
— SEIU (@SEIU) August 1, 2013
Undocumented, Unafraid. #timeisnow for #p2c pic.twitter.com/2eGk5lZUXi
— Christina Chang (@ChristinaSChang) August 1, 2013
Proud to have our leader @SEIU_Eliseo standing up to tell the House the #TimeIsNow for immigration reform! pic.twitter.com/d56yKo6PXs
— Kate Thomas ? (@KateThomas) August 1, 2013
Proud of my son and second generation delivering cantaloupes and rallying w/ @americasvoice for #immigration reform #timeisnow
— Marshall Fitz (@marshallfitz) August 1, 2013
Cantaloupes.
Civil Disobedience in DC #immigration #timeisnow pic.twitter.com/NNKBqcWNuk
— Lupe Lopez (@LupeMLopez57) August 1, 2013
RT @janschakowsky: So proud to march with @LuisGutierrez @RepRaulGrijalva for #Immigration reform #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/QaM9pWAKhj
— AFL-CIO ✊??️? (@AFLCIO) August 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/Hendems/status/362977200410075136
Shutting down traffic in the process:
Due to demonstration, 1st St. btwn. E. Cap. St. and Indep. Ave. and Indep. Ave. btwn 1st. St. and Wash. Ave. SE are closed #dctraffic
— SenateSergeantAtArms (@SenateSAA) August 1, 2013
And they couldn’t be prouder:
Dreams are shut down every day we don't have #CIR, so we're shutting down traffic in DC #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/yvWnyZFqw3 @PLANevada
— SEIU (@SEIU) August 1, 2013
Traffic officially blocked now. No justice, no peace! http://t.co/vdkymriT0S #TimeIsNow
— SEIU (@SEIU) August 1, 2013
TIRRC ED Stephen with other movement leaders risking arrest by blocking traffic in DC #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/dg1UlGyhXD
— TIRRC (@tnimmigrant) August 1, 2013
RT @minkwoncenter: Why get arrested in #protest? Bc we NEED immigration reform NOW. Not in a year, not in a decade, #TimeIsNow!…
— Zack Langway (@zacklangway) August 1, 2013
Several arrests were made:
UFW's Giev Kashkooli arrested for standing for what's right: vote for citizenship now! @UFWF @UFWupdates #TimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/CYlTKwS9LQ
— Maria Machuca (@mariamachuca) August 1, 2013
Here's @SEIU_Eliseo getting arrested. pic.twitter.com/EubHNhLHwE #timeisnow
— Alesa Mackool (@alesacm) August 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/kendramarr/status/362969561240305666
PHOTO: Voces executive director Christine arrested in DC w/ nat'l leaders calling 4 #immigration justice #timeisnow pic.twitter.com/fyePvA6asX
— Voces de la Frontera #DreamActNow (@voces_milwaukee) August 1, 2013
“@AFLCIO: RT @arleneholtbaker: AFL/CIO leader Taking a stand for justice. #TimeIsNow #CIR pic.twitter.com/l3HFdM3GuP”
— John Creaby (@JohnCreaby) August 1, 2013
Our own @saritasgupta has just been arrested on Capitol Hill for standing up for immigrant and workers' rights! Go Sarita! #timeisnow
— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) August 1, 2013
@americasvoice @FrankSharry arrested! #immigration #timeisnow pic.twitter.com/yCI725pOS6
— Esther Lee (@EstherYuHsiLee) August 1, 2013
@MarielenaNILC arrested in an act of civil disobedience. #timeisnow pic.twitter.com/cDkyQxrifD
— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC) August 1, 2013
RT @communitychange: .@communitychange executive director Deepak Bhargava is taken away in handcuffs. http://t.co/4th1E3LAaD #timeisnow
— Zack Langway (@zacklangway) August 1, 2013
RT @communitychange: Leader of @CHIRLA Angelica Salas is taken away in handcuffs. http://t.co/EUn58iVC2a #timeisnow
— Zack Langway (@zacklangway) August 1, 2013
RT @communitychange: Kica Matos, leader of @Re4mImmigration, is taken away in handcuffs. http://t.co/wqTc49AFrj #timeisnow
— Zack Langway (@zacklangway) August 1, 2013
#TimeisNow! MT @JuliaPrestonNYT: More than 30 #CIR #immigration reform leaders arrested peacefully after sit-in on Independence Ave in DC
— Families Belong Together (@fams2gether) August 1, 2013
Fortunately, the demonstration is reportedly over and things are getting back to normal:
Demonstration activity has concluded and streets around #Capitol are now reopen. #dctraffic
— SenateSergeantAtArms (@SenateSAA) August 1, 2013
Just too bad this will likely not be the last time protesters try to shut down D.C. — or any city.
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