On Wednesday, July, 4, 2018, African woman Therese Patricia Okoumou climbed the Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, US to protest ICE. According to investigators, she was protesting Trump’s zero-tolerance policy on immigration, protesting ICE, immigration laws of the United States, and separating families at the Mexico-US border.
While taking up a temporary residence on Lady Liberty's right foot, she unfurled an ‘Abolish ICE’ banner at the base of the statue on Wednesday. Therese Patricia Okoumou vowed to stay until every illegal immigrant kid was released from ICE custody.
New York Daily News reported she was part of a “’Rise and Resist” protest on Independence Day. She had been taking part in the protest for about one week now with the Rise and Resist group. She was mainly protesting immigration laws and policies of the United States. Some activists and citizens claim she probably did that for attention. Some people state or claim that there was a good chance she was already receiving welfare from the government. However that is not the case here. She had been a part of Rise and Resist NY for four months.
What did this woman accomplish?
Police ended up climbing the statue and risking their lives to save her from injury and her own ignorance. Therese Patricia Okoumou was arrested after climbing to the base of the Statue of Liberty and taking up a temporary residence on Lady Liberty's right foot. She was under federal custody but now has been released.
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