Woman Scales Statue of Liberty After Ten ‘Abolish ICE’ Protestors Arrested

A woman was spotting climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday after at least ten people protesting against ICE were arrested.

National Park Service spokesman Jerry Willis confirmed the protesters were taken into custody after breaking federal regulations prohibiting hanging banners from the monument.

LATEST: Two officers have reached the woman who scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty. https://t.co/VQbxWDci6R pic.twitter.com/vmM9wZQiXV

— ABC News (@ABC) July 4, 2018

Ten people have been arrested after unfurling an 'Abolish ICE' banner at the Statue of Liberty, a law enforcement source tells us https://t.co/BHdqsvDv3j

— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) July 4, 2018

Girl climbing the Statue of Liberty @CNN #July4th #trumpcaremaskeussick #riseandresist pic.twitter.com/icR9ou16Mv

— Miranda Nuñez Moreno (@miranda_mor1) July 4, 2018

BREAKING: A person has climbed the base of the Statue of Liberty. Liberty Island has been evacuated while authorities attempt to bring the person down, a National Park Service official says https://t.co/1Lx5Hjasfw pic.twitter.com/7j46Jbq1av

— CNN (@CNN) July 4, 2018

The large banner read “Abolish I.C.E.” ICE is a division of the Department of Homeland Security whose officers arrest and deport unauthorized immigrants inside the U.S.

Activists with the group Rise and Resist say they hung the banner to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The protesters called for called deportations to be halted and all families to be united that were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Rise and Resist said in a tweet the woman scaling the Statue of Liberty is not affiliated with the group:

https://twitter.com/riseandresistny/status/1014604997860954112

The Associated Press contributed to this story.