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Occupy ICE Blocks Elevators To Immigration Court In Kentucky (Updated)

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A group protesting federal immigration enforcement and family separations has blocked elevators in a Kentucky building that houses immigration court.

The group Occupy ICE said in a statement that protesters occupied the Heyburn Building on Thursday morning in downtown Louisville. There was a large police presence outside the building including several parked police cars and officers milling about.

Video posted online by The Courier-Journal of Louisville showed around a dozen protesters.

Louisville Police spokesman Matt Sanders confirmed protesters were in the building and said mid-morning that no arrests had been made.

Louisville police took down an encampment last week where the group set up tents and had been staying overnight outside a different federal building since July 2.

Update (1:13 p.m.): Police have cleared the scene of a protest that blocked elevators in a Kentucky building that houses an immigration court.

The group Occupy ICE Louisville says a group of people went into the building in downtown Louisville on Thursday morning to protest the separation of immigrant families. The protesters linked their arms together inside plastic tubes.

A large number of police outside the building dispersed just before noon as the protesters were taken away in a paddy wagon.

Video posted online by The Courier-Journal of Louisville showed around a dozen protesters.

Louisville Police say they will release more information on the incident later Thursday.

Last week police took down an encampment where the group set up tents and had been staying overnight outside a federal building since July 2.

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