MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison joined a massive rally for immigration reform on Tuesday, alongside six other members of Congress, and ended up getting arrested over the act of civil disobedience.
“The house (immigration) bill has just sat there,” Ellison said. “We wanted to refocus the attention of the nation on the immigration struggle.”
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