6 Illegal Aliens Arrested at Georgia Capitol Protest After Blocking Traffic

Six illegal aliens were arrested after they sat down in an intersection next to the Georgia Capitol blocking traffic to protest state policies targeting illegal immigration.

A protester reacts as she is taken into custody during a rally protesting Georgia’s new immigration law on the Capitol steps Monday, June 28, 2011 in Atlanta. Six young illegal immigrants were arrested after they sat down in an intersection next to the Georgia Capitol blocking traffic to protest state policies targeting illegal immigration. (SFGate)

Six illegal aliens were arrested on Monday as they blocked traffic at an intersection near the Georgia Capitol building.
SFGate reported:

Six young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday after they sat down and blocked traffic near the Georgia state Capitol to publicly declare their status and to protest state policies targeting people who are in the U.S. illegally, the latest in a string of such “coming out” events in Georgia and other parts of the country.

The young people were protesting a policy that bars Georgia’s most competitive state colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants and they were opposing strict new state legislation. A federal judge on Monday blocked two key provisions of that law. The young people, who decided to risk arrest and deportation for their protest, say that’s not enough.

Federal judges have now blocked parts of similar laws in Arizona, Utah, Indiana and Georgia from taking effect. Civil liberties groups have pledged to sue to block others in Alabama and South Carolina.

Ship them home.

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