United States: Protesters against anti-immigrant operations expelled in New Orleans

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In the United States, dozens of protesters were forcibly removed from City Council after their second day of demonstrations against anti-immigrant operations in New Orleans. Carrying signs reading *No to collaboration with I.C.E.*, protesters demanded that city leaders establish ICE-free zones. When demonstrators refused to leave the podium, councilors suspended the session, which later resumed inside City Hall. Police ordered protesters to vacate the building, but while some complied, many were pushed or carried away by force.    #teleSUREnglish #UnitedStates #NewOrleans #Protest #Immigration #ICE #HumanRights

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00:00In other news in the United States, dozens of protesters were forcibly removed from City

00:05Council after the second day of protests against anti-immigrant operations in New Orleans.

00:11Protesters carrying signs reading, no to collaboration with ICE, Immigration and Constable Enforcement,

00:17demanding that city leaders establish ICE-free zones.

00:21Because the protesters refused to leave the podium, the consulers decided to suspend the

00:26session.

00:27While the meeting resumed inside City Hall, the protesters said they would return.

00:32The police ordered the protesters to leave the building and although some obeyed, many

00:37were pushed or carried away by force.

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