ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fifteen immigration reform activists were arrested Tuesday for blocking a street in front of the federal courthouse at the culmination of a march aimed at persuading central Florida Republican lawmakers to support comprehensive immigration legislation.

One by one, wearing red T-shirts that said “Clear Our Path to Citizenship,” the protesters were restrained with plastic cuffs and lifted to their feet by police officers. They sang and rejoined linked arms as each activist was pulled from a sitting circle. One protester went limp and was carried by officers to a police van.