{"id":54257,"date":"2018-07-06T14:35:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=54257"},"modified":"2018-07-06T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:35:35","slug":"in-the-land-of-the-free-pramila-jayapal-arrested-for-protesting-against-trumps-inhumane-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/in-the-land-of-the-free-pramila-jayapal-arrested-for-protesting-against-trumps-inhumane-immigration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"In \u2018The Land of the Free\u2019: Pramila Jayapal Arrested for Protesting Against Trump\u2019s Inhumane Immigration Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demonstrators cross the Brooklyn Bridge as they march against the separation of immigrant families, on June 30, in New York. Demonstrations are being held across the U.S., June 30, against President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, was arrested in Washington, D.C., June 28, during a protest against the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cinhumane\u201d \u201czero-tolerance\u201d border policy, writes Lalit K. Jha.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Indian Woman in U.S. Separated from Differently-abled 5-yr-old Son: Report<\/p>\n

An Indian woman, who is seeking asylum in the U.S. after she illegally crossed into America from Mexico, has been separated from her five-year-old differently-abled son, a media report said, June 29.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s controversial \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy of separating immigrant parents and their children on the U.S. border has resulted in the separation of nearly 2,000 children from their parents and guardians, sparking a public outcry.<\/p>\n

Bhavan Patel, 33, was granted a $30,000 bond by an Arizona court, June 26, The Washington Post<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n

However, it was not immediately clear if she was able to join her disabled son.<\/p>\n

This is the first known case of an Indian national who has been separated from her child in recent months under the \u2018zero-tolerance\u2019 policy.<\/p>\n

So far more than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents after being arrested by the U.S. law enforcement agencies after they illegally crossed the border. — Lalit K. Jha.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jayapal and her groups have planned \u201ca massive round of protests\u201d across the country on June 30.<\/p>\n

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The administration\u2019s controversial \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy of separating immigrant parents and their children on the U.S. border has resulted in the separation of nearly 2,300 children from their parents and guardians, sparking a public outcry.<\/p>\n

Jayapal, 52, was arrested along with over 500 other women at Capitol Hill, June 28.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just got arrested with a group of over 500 women who took over the center of the Hart Senate Building, protesting the inhumane and cruel zero-tolerance policy of Donald Trump and this administration, the separation of families, the caging of children, the imprisonment of asylum seekers,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n

She was arrested on the floor of the Hart Senate Office Building for a sit-in as part of their civil disobedience action.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese women understand, they\u2019re from all over the country… they understand that this is far beyond politics, this is about right and wrong. We have to step up and put ourselves on the line,\u201d said Jayapal who was elected to the House of Representatives from Washington in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot in our country. Not in our name. June 30 we\u2019re putting ourselves in the street again.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) (3rd l) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) (2nd l) listen during a news conference on immigration in front of the U.S. Capitol, May 23, in Washington, D.C. Sen. Harris, joined by other female Democratic congressional members, held a news conference “to show support for immigration and refugee policies that protect the rights and safety of women and children.” (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to have been arrested with them to put myself in the camp of people who believe that the United States of America is better,\u201d Jayapal said in a video posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Jayapal, the only Indian American woman so far elected to the House of Representatives, is seeking a re-election in the mid-term elections later this year.<\/p>\n

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal speaks at a press conference outside a Federal Detention Center holding migrant women on June 9, in SeaTac, Washington. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal visited the Federal Detention Center-SeaTac to meet with more than 100 asylum seekers, many of whom are women. (Karen Ducey\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She was the first member of Congress to visit a federal prison where parents were separated from their children.<\/p>\n

During her visit, she had heard horror stories by men and women who came to the border seeking asylum.<\/p>\n

According to reports, more than 500 people were arrested by the Capitol Police when they were having their sit-in protest at the Senate Hart Office building. They were charged with unlawful demonstration. The protesters were soon released.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people across the country are scheduled to protest against the Trump administration\u2019s \u2018zero-tolerance\u2019 policy in rallies organized by a coalition-led by the National Domestic Workers\u2019 Alliance tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are 400,000 people who have signed up, people who are going to be wearing white at rallies across the country. Every single state across the country, I think it\u2019s 650 events, including a big one here in DC at Lafayette Square at 11:00 AM, and that\u2019s because people believe that this has to be changed,\u201d Jayapal told CNN.<\/p>\n

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People demonstrate in Washington, D.C., June 28, demanding an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents. President Donald Trump urged divided Republicans on June 27 to support an immigration overhaul, though it appears doomed to fail, after a judge dealt a new blow to his “zero tolerance” border policy by ordering that separated families be swiftly reunited. The repeatedly-delayed vote marks the umpteenth attempt by a deadlocked Congress to legislate a broad solution to the problem of illegal immigration, against the backdrop of a bitter political fight over the separation of migrant families at the Mexican border. (Nicholas Kamm\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jayapal has described her protest as the civil disobedience, the path of peaceful protest shown by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King<\/p>\n

Jayapal has emerged as one of the key rallying points for protests against Trump. She is quite often joined by Congressman John Lewis, the legendary civil rights activists.<\/p>\n

It was an incredibly inspiring protest, incredibly inspiring civil disobedience, as Representative John Lewis likes to say, it\u2019s good trouble, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s what people were doing today is drawing attention to the fact that we\u2019ve got kids in cages on the borders, people in prisons when they\u2019re trying to seek asylum.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not right. It\u2019s beyond politics. It\u2019s about right and wrong, and it was incredible to see all those women out there today\u2014courageous, strong and fighting for women who are in prison, mothers who are in prison and trying to be reunited with their children,\u201d Chennai-born Jayapal said.<\/p>\n

She said that the last two weeks have been really consumed by this issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cannot believe this is happening. And outrage has been real. The idea that this president would pass a zero-tolerance, zero humanity policy and separate children from their parents, put these kids in cages, I think it\u2019s got everybody across the country outraged. And so those voices, I think, are being heard. Obviously, the last few days we\u2019ve had a lot of things going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president put this policy into place. He can pick up the phone or pick up his phone and tweet at Secretary Nielsen and Jeff Sessions and tell them to reverse this policy. That\u2019s all it takes. And then we\u2019ve got to reunite these kids because right now, Health and Human Services and Department of Homeland Security have no idea which kids belong to which parents,\u201d Jayapal added.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) march to the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a protest, June 13, in Washington, D.C. Democratic congressional members joined actives to protest “the Trump administration’s policy to separate children from their parents at the border.” (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The public outcry in the wake of images and stories of the children caught in the middle of Trump\u2019s immigration policy has sparked a fierce debate in the U.S.<\/p>\n

The president could not hear the protesters\u2019 shouts, as he spent the day in Bedminster, New Jersey at the Trump National Golf Club.<\/p>\n

There, too, protesters gathered on his motorcade route, many of them with signs about immigration policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAsylum seekers are not criminals,\u201d said one.<\/p>\n

Trump took to Twitter to defend his stance on immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people come into our Country illegally, we must IMMEDIATELY escort them back out without going through years of legal maneuvering,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur laws are the dumbest anywhere in the world. Republicans want Strong Borders and no Crime. Dems want Open Borders and are weak on Crime!\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting in early May, in an attempt to staunch the flow of tens of thousands of migrants to the southern U.S. border every month, Trump ordered the arrest of adults crossing the boundary illegally, including those seeking asylum.<\/p>\n

Many trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico frontier are destitute, fleeing gang violence and other turmoil in Central America.<\/p>\n

As a result of Trump\u2019s crackdown, distraught children were separated from their families and, according to widely broadcast pictures, held in chain-link enclosures, a practice that sparked domestic and global outrage.<\/p>\n

Trump later signed an order ending the separation of families, but immigration lawyers say the process of reuniting children and their parents will be long and chaotic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About 2,000 children remained split from their parents, according to official figures released last weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demonstrators cross the Brooklyn Bridge as they march against the separation of immigrant families, on June 30, in New York. Demonstrations are being held across the U.S., June 30, against President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policy. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez\/AFP\/Getty Images) Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian American woman to be elected to the U.S. House…<\/p>\n

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