Dozens of Catholic clergy were arrested on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning, marking the latest in a series of civil disobedience actions against poor treatment of immigrants in federal border detention facilities.
An organizer with Faith in Action said 70 people attending its “Catholic Day of Action” risked arrest inside the Russell Senate Office Building over the span of an hour, chanting and praying while defying orders from Capitol police to disperse. On Wednesday afternoon, Capitol police confirmed 70 people had been arrested for unlawfully demonstrating and charged with “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding,” under D.C. law, which typically carries a small post-and-forfeit fine.
