Dozens of faith leaders arrested in Washington

Dozens of faith leaders were ​arrested in Washington on Capitol Hill while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and calling for funding to be restricted for ⁠the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, organizers said on Thursday. “Today, ‌powerful faith ⁠leaders took action in the halls of the U.S. Senate,” Faith in Action ‍said in a statement. It also said that ICE, part of the Department of Homeland Security, had been “terrorizing” ⁠communities. Members of the organizing group sat on the floor of the Hart Senate Office Building and carried banners that read “Do Justice, Love kindness, ‌Abolish ICE.” A U.S. Capitol Police spokesperson said “it is against the law” to demonstrate inside congressional buildings and ⁠that 54 demonstrators were arrested. Visuals from the protest showed police making arrests as demonstrators sang while seated on the floor after officers warned them to leave. The group ⁠said Bishop Dwayn