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Democratic Congressional Leader Gets Himself Arrested Outside White House

John Bickley

Democratic congressman and prominent member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Luis Gutierrez succeeded in getting himself arrested, again. On Tuesday, Gutierrez participated in an illegal demonstration outside of the White House in support of continuing President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).

The sit-in, organized by immigration activist group United We Dream, took place front and center outside the White House. The protest was staged on the fifth anniversary of Obama’s executive action that shields hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from deportation. The order, along with other Obama-era immigration policies, is being reviewed by the Trump administration, which has signaled that major changes are coming.

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