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Aug 28, 2014 3:06pm

WASHINGTON, D.C. For the second time in a month, progressive activists disillusioned with the Obama administrations immigration policies intentionally had themselves arrested outside the White House in what they called an act of civil disobedience.

The highly choreographed sit-in, organized by a coalition of labor, immigration reform and religious groups, featured roughly 100 demonstrators who sat down on the sidewalk outside the presidents residence in an area already cordoned off by law enforcement.After several warnings from law enforcement officers on standby, the scores of protesters were peacefully detained for obstructing sidewalk traffic.

The demonstrators are demanding the federal government cease an estimated 1,000 deportations a day of undocumented immigrants, a number likely to rise as the administration grapples with a surge of thousands who have overwhelmed Southwest states in the last several months, creating a humanitarian crisis. The migrants come mostly from Central America, fleeing violence and epidemic poverty.

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Hundreds of their supporters looked on, waving picket signs that read Dont deport my dad, and, Immigration reform is obstructed by racism.

A mile away at a pre-rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency headquarters, organizers said the undocumented would have justice.

Seventeen American citizen children, today, will be losing their moms or dads for a senseless deportation system that ICE does on daily basis, said AFL-CIO executive vice president Tefere Gebre, The president can and will stop this. Yes, we can!

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Immigration Sit-In Outside White House Results in About 100 Arrests