A couple was denied access to the Statue of Liberty because they were wearing 'Abolish ICE' T-shirts

[babylonsister]

Makes me wonder if #maga hats are turned away.

A couple was denied access to the Statue of Liberty because they were wearing 'Abolish ICE' T-shirts
[e-mail] (Susanna Heller)
7 hrs ago

Last month, a New York City couple was denied access to the Statue of Liberty because they were wearing T-shirts that said "Abolish ICE," Gothamist reports.
The National Parks Service has now said that not allowing the couple to complete their prepaid tour was a "misstep," per the outlet.
Tiffany Huang told Gothamist she'd never been to the monument before, but felt compelled to make a statement following the Trump administration's controversial family separation policy.
Afterward, the couple contacted the New York Civil Liberties Union, who got in contact with the NPS.
The couple will return the statue on Friday, Huang said.

Last month, a New York City couple was denied access to the Statue of Liberty because they were wearing T-shirts that said "Abolish ICE," Gothamist reports.

Tiffany Huang and her fiancé were visiting the monument on a pre-paid tour on July 14, she told the outlet. But as they approached the statute, security officials ordered them to take off their homemade "Abolish Ice" T-Shirts. When they refused, the officers told them to leave, according to Gothamist.

The National Parks Service has now said that not allowing the couple to complete their prepaid tour was a "misstep," per the outlet.

Huang and her fiancé wore the T-shirts because they felt they "needed to acknowledge the symbolism of visiting the Statue of Liberty" in light of the Trump administration's controversial family separation policy, she told Gothamist.

"We did not have any plans for any other sort of action — just exercising our right to free speech," Huang said.

But when she and her fiancé approached the statue via ferry they were stopped by security guards.

"A second security person came over to tell us he couldn't let us on the tour with our shirts," Huang, a Ph.D. student at Columbia University, told Gothamist. He said it was our 'choice' to either change or put on clothes over our t-shirts, or leave. So we said we would rather leave, and another security person walked us back out through security."

Huang told Gothamist the guards justified their rejection from the Statue of Liberty, which is a state park, with "what happened on July 4th." The guard was seemingly referring to Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who scaled the Statue of Liberty on July 4, refusing to come down until "all the children are released."

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[BlueJac]

1. Now free speech is denied!

[Roland99]

2. "The couple will return the statue on Friday, "

Uhhhh

[ET Awful]

3. So . . . defenders of immigrants visit the statue at whose base the following is emblazoned

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"


only to be turned away for supporting that which the statue represents . . . .

[babylonsister]

4. Exactly. Up is down... nt

[Maggiemayhem]

8. Thanks for typing what I was thinking

[Pepsidog]

5. NPS employees empowered by the moron President to act like mini dictators

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Denied freedom because they were supporting freedom

It's all a con game to hoodwink the American people

[NCTraveler]

7. While I think "Abolish Ice" is foolish....

I can think of no better place to wear such a shirt and I might even be willing to do it myself as a form of protesting current events.

I cannot fathom a rule in place that would stop them from wearing such shirts while visiting the statue.

MAGA = Anti-Immigration and a complete offence to the statue. I will guarantee they wouldn't turn the Red Hats away.