News of activists detention leads to NYC supporter arrests
News of activist’s detention leads to NYC supporter arrests
Published: 11:06 am Jan 12, 2018
NEW YORK: New York City police on Thursday arrested 18 people, including two councilmen, in protests over the detention of a prominent immigration activist. The demonstrations outside a federal building in Manhattan were over the detention of Ravi Ragbir, a citizen of Trinidad who has been fighting deportation after a fraud conviction. His lawyer, Alina Das, said Ragbir was handcuffed during a scheduled check-in with immigration officials. A spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Rachael Yong Yow, said Ragbir will remain in custody until he is deported to Trinidad.