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June 30, 2016

Philadelphia: 5 Arrested Blocking Highway Demanding End to Deportation
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And protests continue in the wake of the divided Supreme Court ruling
that blocked the Obama administration's DAPA program, which would have
shielded up to 5 million people from deportation. In Philadelphia, five
people were arrested Tuesday for blocking the off-ramp to Interstate 676
by locking themselves together using PVC pipes. Among those arrested was
13-year-old Erick Perez-Hernandez, a U.S. citizen whose parents would
have been eligible for DAPA. Ahead of the action, he said of the ruling,
"It is unfair, wrong, and now I have to wonder if my sister and I have
to worry about being ripped away from our parents."


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