PHOENIX (AP) - Police have arrested five immigrant rights activists for locking themselves to the front entrance of the executive tower at the Capitol to demand Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey veto what protesters call anti-immigrant legislation.
Four demonstrators chained themselves to doors blocking the front entrance Wednesday morning. Others carried signs saying “veto hate” and calling the governor’s office the “Trump Tower of Hate.”
Police cut the chains after about two hours arresting five demonstrators and charging them with trespassing.
Organizing director for Puente Francisca Porchas says about 30 protesters took over the entrance to demand that Ducey veto a bill that would require immigrants who are in the country illegally and are in prison to serve more of their sentences before they are released.
House Bill 2451 reached the governor’s desk Monday.
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