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Photos of the Day: 575 Protesters Charged at Senate’s Hart Building at Immigration Rally

Hundreds flooded the Capitol Hill building on Thursday

Hundreds of women crowd the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’’s immigration policies. Capitol Police moved in to make arrests to clear the area. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Bill Clark

Posted June 28, 2018 at 5:18pm

An afternoon of protests ended in many arrests in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday as a group of mostly female protesters flooded the atrium of the work space to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

United States Capitol Police charged nearly 575 individuals with “unlawfully demonstrating,” according to a Capitol Police statement Thursday.

Several Democratic lawmakers including Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland were in attendance, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington — an immigrant herself — was among those arrested.

Here’s the afternoon in photos:

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Hundreds of women chant — Hundreds of women chant “we care” in the Hart Senate Office Building. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Hundreds of women chant — (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Hundreds of women crowd the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building to protest Trump’s immigration policy on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Capitol Police moved in to make arrests to clear the area. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Hundreds of women crowd the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building to protest Trump’s immigration policy on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Capitol Police moved in to make arrests to clear the area. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Hundreds of women crowd the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building to protest Trump’s immigration policy on Thursday, June 28, 2018. Capitol Police moved in to make arrests to clear the area. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) — (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Bian Elkhatib and Griffin Connolly contributed to this report.

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