Several arrested as deportation fear prompts Phoenix protest
PHOENIX (AP) — Police made several arrests as protesters blocked enforcement vans from leaving a U.S. immigration office in Phoenix, fearing that a mother of two was headed for deportation.
The protesters said Garcia de Rayos was in one of the vehicles, which were used to transport people in ICE custody to detention centers, or to Arizona's border with Mexico for deportation.
Police posted on Twitter that they arrested about seven protesters, but added that the demonstration was mainly peaceful.
"Besides the few people engaged in criminal acts, most people out here are peaceful and exercising their rights properly," police said.