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Hundreds of activists, including actress Susan Sarandon, center, protest the Trump administration’s approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018.
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Susan Sarandon said she was arrested Thursday after participating in a protest of the Trump administration’s approach to illegal border crossings and separation of children from immigrant parents Capitol Hill in Washington.
“Arrested. Stay strong. Keep fighting,” the actress tweeted without offering any further details.
According to People, three hours after her arrest – hinting that she wasn’t detained for too long, the 71-year-old tweeted, “Powerful, beautiful action with hundreds of women saying we demand the reunification of families separated by immoral ICE policy. This is what Democracy looks like. #WomenDisobey.”
The actress joined hundreds of women for the protest which was organized but the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy, as they demanded for migrant families who had been separated from their families be ruined.
Prior to her arrest, Sarandon had retweeted other women who also attended organized sit-in style protest which was held at the Hart Senate Office building.
Women at the protest wrapped themselves in foil blankets to mimic the silver blankets that were seen on migrant children who were taken from detention centers in photographs.
Capitol Police did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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