Immigrant Rights Groups Temporarily Block Major Intersection In Center City
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Immigrant rights groups demonstrated in Center City this afternoon.
HAPPENING NOW - 676 off ramp blocked by group protesting #ICE pic.twitter.com/TG0ir1gmfT
— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) June 28, 2016
More than 100 families protested at the Philadelphia Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, asking for an immediate moratorium on deportations.
A Supreme Court decision is allowing 26 Republican governors to block the Obama Administration's deferred deportation program.
The protest temporarily blocked the I-676 off ramp to Broad Street, causing a major traffic jam.
BREAKING: Phila. Police have now made several arrests connected to protest that shut down Broad St. ramp @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/A1HdYYkAMd
— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) June 28, 2016
The road has since been cleared.
Several arrests were made.