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| Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in Fourth of July protest | Woman climbs Statue of Liberty in Fourth of July protest |
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| Police are negotiating with a woman who has climbed the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in an apparent Fourth of July protest against the Trump administration’s immigration policies. | |
| At least six protesters were arrested at the monument earlier in the day after hanging a banner from the pedestal emblazoned with a message about abolishing Ice, the US immigration enforcement agency. | |
| Visitors were being evacuated from Liberty Island on Wednesday afternoon. | Visitors were being evacuated from Liberty Island on Wednesday afternoon. |
| Jerry Willis, the National Park Service spokesman, said park police were at the top of the base, advising the climber to come down. | |
| Officers could be seen propping ladders against the concrete pedestal at the base of the copper statue. One police officer ascended to the top rung, a few feet from where the protester was sitting. | |
| The woman took a bottle of water offered by the officer and appeared to engage in some dialogue, before taking off a T-shirt and displaying it. The message on the T-shirt could not be clearly read from footage of the exchange. | |
| After about an hour balancing at the base of the statue, the protester moved further around the lower edge of the structure, away from the officers, and reclined against the copper edifice. | |
| The New York police department hostage negotiators were reported to be on their way to the island to assist the police assigned from the National Park Service, which administers the island. | |
| Willis said at least six other people were taken into custody on Wednesday after unfurling a banner at the statue, which said “Abolish ICE”. Federal regulations prohibit hanging banners from the monument. | |
| Unidentified climber scales the Statue of Liberty as part of an apparent protest against @ICEgov https://t.co/l9CtEdBYU8 pic.twitter.com/P1OdGXG5ck | Unidentified climber scales the Statue of Liberty as part of an apparent protest against @ICEgov https://t.co/l9CtEdBYU8 pic.twitter.com/P1OdGXG5ck |
| ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is a division of the Department of Homeland Security whose officers arrest and deport unauthorized immigrants inside the US, among other duties. | |
| Activists with the group Rise and Resist said they hung the banner to protest the Trump administration and its “zero tolerance” immigration policy which has caused families to be separated at the border and the adults arrested. Rise and Resist said it is calling for an end to deportations and family separations at the US-Mexico border. | |
| The climber was reported to be holding a Rise and Resist T-shirt, but the group said their action was not part of the the earlier protest. | |
| Rise and Resist planned a banner drop today at the Statue of Liberty. This action did not include the climber on the statue. Our action was completed earlier. While it was not part of our action, our first priority and concern is for the safety of the climber. | Rise and Resist planned a banner drop today at the Statue of Liberty. This action did not include the climber on the statue. Our action was completed earlier. While it was not part of our action, our first priority and concern is for the safety of the climber. |
| The Statue of Liberty is located on a tiny island out in the New York Harbor, near the southern tip of Manhattan. The landmark has stood since the late 19th century as a welcoming symbol to immigrants arriving in the USA, who would typically sail past it before landing at the immigration processing center on adjacent Ellis Island. | The Statue of Liberty is located on a tiny island out in the New York Harbor, near the southern tip of Manhattan. The landmark has stood since the late 19th century as a welcoming symbol to immigrants arriving in the USA, who would typically sail past it before landing at the immigration processing center on adjacent Ellis Island. |
| The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has said Donald Trump’s immigration policy is a step forward for public safety. | |
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