Over 50 people participated in the nuisance, which also blocked the entrances to Penn Station.
The group was “demanding” that ICE release all detainees at the Bergen County Jail and “end all detention and deportation across the country.”
“Family members attempted to deliver petitions for Menendez and Booker, signed by 30 ICE detainees from the Bergen County Jail and demanding an end to their indefinite jail. Building security prevented family members from entering and delivering the detainees’ demands, while dozens of immigrant workers and allies rallied outside and in the street in support,” the group said in a press release.
Biden issued a dangerous and shocking 100 day moratorium on deportations that was set to begin on January 22; but on January 26, a federal judge granted a nationwide injunction on the moratorium for 14 days. Deportations have continued.
“While more executive orders continue to be issued by the new administration, our community is seeing more deportation and a lack of political willingness to truly fight for ALL undocumented immigrants in this country and address the decades of bipartisan attacks on our families.
Deport all of these s.o.b.