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    Activists Arrested At Statue Of Liberty After Protesting Trump's Immigration Policies

    A woman climbed onto the base of the Statue of Liberty, remaining there for three hours before police brought her down. Activists earlier unfurled a banner to "Abolish I.C.E."
    by James Doubek Jul 05, 2018 2 minutes

    Activists in two separate protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies were arrested at the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday — one group unfurling a banner calling for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while in another act of defiance, a woman climbed the statue's base to protest immigrant family separations.

    Authorities evacuated thousands of visitors from Liberty Island, where the statue stands,

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