Multiple arrests reported at rally at Houston migrant shelter

Photos and videos from Never Again Action, a Jewish activist group, show Houston police standing among protesters sitting in the roadway during a rally at a migrant shelter downtown. Some images show Houston police handcuffing a few protesters. less Photos and videos from Never Again Action, a Jewish activist group, show Houston police standing among protesters sitting in the roadway during a rally at a migrant shelter downtown. Some images show Houston ... more Photo: Courtesy Of Never Again Action Digital Coordinator Photo: Courtesy Of Never Again Action Digital Coordinator Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close Multiple arrests reported at rally at Houston migrant shelter 1 / 11 Back to Gallery

At least six people have been arrested at an immigration rally at a migrant shelter near downtown , according to the Houston police.

Members of the Jewish activist group Never Again Action were taken into custody around 7:30 p.m. at the Casa Sunzal facility at 419 Emancipation, according to rally co-organizer Elizabeth Haberer.

She said the event, which has since ended, was peaceful. Some of the roughly 115 protesters at the site were photographed sitting in the middle of the street with signs before they were arrested.

She said the event was intended to "demonstrate with our voices and bodies that we will not stand by as the systematic dehumanization against migrants continues to unfold in our country."

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The facility is operated by nonprofit Southwest Key and has the capacity to house 200 minors, according to earlier reports in the Chronicle. The nonprofit previously had been engaged in a long battle with Houston advocates and city leaders who were trying to prevent them from housing immigrants at the facility, earlier reports say .

Both Haberer and the Houston police command center said they did not know what the protesters were charged with.

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