Protesters Heckle Border Patrol Commissioner During Interview – Here’s What They Did
On Friday, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) commissioner Kevin McAleenan became the latest Trump administration official to face public harassment over the family migrant crisis at the border.
According to the Washington Examiner, McAleenan encountered three protesters while attending an event at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.:
At @BPC_Bipartisan, one man stands up and starts screaming “shame on you” over family separations at @CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan #immigration pic.twitter.com/2hRBfm4HrI
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) July 27, 2018
Three protesters later, things are back to normal | @BPC_TBrown with @CBP_McAleenan pic.twitter.com/H5jBHu0Kme
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) July 27, 2018
I didn’t get video of the second guy but a third person interrupted @cbp Commissioner McAleenan and began yelling “give me your tired, your weary” and was escorted out of the event #bpclive pic.twitter.com/5WYB20NcVd
— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) July 27, 2018
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Standing in the audience, another protester appeared to complain that detaining children and parents was not a bipartisan goal. As he left the room, he quoted the poem on the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.”
The Bipartisan Policy Center described the event as a forum for discussing the agency and its challenges.
Customs and Border Patrol Commish Kevin McAleenan speaking at event in DC. 3 protesters kicked out so far. Here’s one. Seems like a strategic effort. Came here to do trade reporting but I doubt that’s going to happen. pic.twitter.com/jPfEJshDGv
— Max Fillion (@MaxwellAFillion) July 27, 2018
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