4 Dreamers Stage Protest at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Four people protesting President Trump’s immigration policies staged a sit-down protest and briefly blocked the Thanksgiving Day Parade route before cops removed them Thursday.

The protesters are young people who came into the country undocumented, but were allowed to stay, according to the Seed Project.

President Trump ordered the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in September. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in October announced the program would be canceled in March.

Congress is now considering the measure and debating whether it should be included in a pending budget bill.


"We want permanent protection for undocumented youth, and more focus on the fact that all undocumented youth are suffering, whether they're DACA or not,” said Piash Ahamed, 26, a college student from Woodbridge, N.J.

The protesters, dressed in red T-shirts, sat down in the middle of the road on Central Park West at 70th St. and were soon ushered off by police. They were not arrested, spokesman Roberto Juarez said.

Barbara Hernandez, a 25-year-old early childhood teacher, came all the way from California to participate.

"It was scary at the beginning. I was scared of being arrested, I was scared of losing my job,” Hernandez said. “But once there, I felt empowered, having them with me, and knowing it wasn't just for me — it was for everyone, not just the Dreamers, but all 11 million."

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saw this video...

these fools wont let up, people just wanna enjoy their thanksgiving and they pull this stunt. there is a time and place to protest, and this is not one of em.

While I support civil disobedience, I believe the pressure should be on the Democratic Party and GOP leadership, and not the general public.

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Should’ve ran them over

Fucking idiots. I bet they were hired by UWD losers. I wish they all fell flat on their face at some point today. Happy Thanksgiving bitches. I pray DA passes with STRONG fucking Border Security. Fuck the Clean Bill, the only thing it’s good for is to wipe my ass.

I appreciate the courage but blocking a parade is not the right place.

You guys are something special. People are out there putting their lives, not to mention holiday, on the line; and all you can do is criticize them from a forum. If you got great ideas go out there and make it happen.

You’re talking about those 4 “protestors” messing the parade for regular people trying to enjoy Thanksgiving and the parade which is an age old tradition for Americans? You call that putting their lives on the line? LOL. Believe me these are the type of people who are our MAIN OBSTACLE in passing DA. Don't make it sound like we are losers here sitting and just criticizing people on a forum. We are just as hard working. We've done countless of advocating and hard work and we've done justice to DACA. We are the reason why DA is about to pass. Fuck those losers ruining Thanksgiving for us.

They probably think they were going to score some cheap black friday deals. I wonder if they were Mexicans.

Update: Confirmed