A group of protesters gathered outside Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s Virginia townhouse Friday morning, chanting “no justice, no sleep” and blaring audio of immigrant children crying.

About two dozen protesters with the progressive group CREDO Action chanted with megaphones, waved signs that read “child snatcher” and played the ProPublica audio clip of immigrant children being separated from their parents at the border, HuffPost reported.

Ms. Nielsen was forced to walk by protesters shouting “Shame!” when she left her house, according to video posted on social media. One man shouted, “You belong in the Hague!” and, “You’re a modern-day Nazi!” as Ms. Nielsen entered her vehicle and left.

Heidi Hess, the co-director of CREDO Action, said it’s important to hold members of the Trump administration accountable “everywhere.”

“There’s a child snatcher living in Alexandria, Virginia,” Ms. Hess said in a statement. “Rightfully so, there’s a huge amount of attention focused on the border and the detention centers but the people who are making the decisions are here in DC, so it’s important to shine a spotlight on them as well.”

The protest took place just three days after Ms. Nielsen was chased out of a Mexican restaurant near the White House by protesters with the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America.

Protestors are chanting “NO JUSTICE NO SLEEP!” and “FREE THE KIDS!”



Neighbors are outside, looking out of windows pic.twitter.com/XUYQxjY5Ul — Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 22, 2018

Protestors are outside of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s Alexandria townhouse, playing audio of the detained children. She appears to be still be home. pic.twitter.com/akIcxOcM3q

— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 22, 2018

Good morning @SecNielsen. Kids don’t sleep in peace. You don’t sleep in piece. https://t.co/ha7NiTXFSZ — David Leopold (@DavidLeopold) June 22, 2018

Patriotic Americans are going to make sure that you are never, never, never going to live this down, @SecNielsen. https://t.co/IuPlDbz8hZ

— Laura Moser (@lcmoser) June 22, 2018

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