Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., was briefly arrested on Monday after protesting President Trump’s immigration policy at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Chicago.
“We are staying until we get answers from ICE,” Gutierrez tweeted Monday afternoon.
He said federal officials warned him that they could be arrested if they stay at the headquarters, and they said he was briefly arrested, but then released.
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
“Waiting for further word on if/when we will be arrested,” he tweeted.
Democrats have protested Trump’s plan to expand the kinds of illegal immigrants that can be subject to deportation. He issued new guidance at the start of his term saying all illegal immigrants could be subject to being deported, unlike President Obama, who sought to exempt those who don’t pose a risk to U.S. civilians.
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
