LIVE Video: D.C. March Calls on Congress to Protect Dreamers

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1. ABC: Dreamers protest on Capitol Hill on DACA deadline day--a few pics

Dreamers protest on Capitol Hill on DACA deadline day
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By CHEYENNE HASLETT

Mar 5, 2018, 7:16 PM ET




PHOTO: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other young immigrants march with supporters as they arrive at the Capitol in Washington D.C., on March 5, 2018.
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Watch Protesters march in support of 'Dreamers' as today's DACA deadline passes



Hundreds of young undocumented immigrants and their allies from Florida to California came to Capitol Hill Monday - the day President Donald Trump set for the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program - to protest and lobby members of Congress to pass legislation that would protect them.

The protesters held sit-ins at lawmakers' offices, including one outside House Speaker Paul Ryan's office, and outside the Capitol chained themselves to one another, closing a nearby street to traffic. U.S. Capitol Police said they made 87 arrests, 68 outside and 19 inside the Capitol.

All arrested were charged with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding” and 28 of the protesters were charged with resisting arrest, police said.

PHOTO: Immigration activists chain themselves together on March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Immigration activists chain themselves together on March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill.

Across the street, Adela Munoz stood watching as her friends sat on the yellow lines of Independence Avenue for the protest. Munoz, a 19-year-old DACA recipient from Phoenix, Ariz., made the trip with seven others, including Arizona Democratic state Rep. Isela Blanc. Munoz watched as Blanc and two of their other friends were arrested.





PHOTO: An immigration activist is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police as protesters shut down Independence Avenue on March 5, 2018, on Capitol HillAlex Wong/Getty Images
An immigration activist is arrested by U.S. Capitol Police as protesters shut down Independence Avenue on March 5, 2018, on Capitol Hill

“I told them that I was thankful because they don't need to be here, but they see the urgency of it. They see that we need help because our voices sometimes don't get heard,” Munoz said.

Munoz stayed on the sidewalk with two other friends, also Dreamers, because an arrest could mean losing their DACA protected status.

“They can actually get arrested, some people can't,” Munoz said, tearing up.

She and her friends traveled to Washington to protest for a Dream Act extension not linked to a border wall or other immigration security issues.

“The support that people showed today is so amazing and so beautiful that it just makes me tear up with joy,” Munoz said. “It's so lovely to see that people that you don't even know are supporting you and your cause.”

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