Trump Tower Protesters Arrested After Chaining Themselves in Front of Door: Reports

MIDTOWN, NY — Several protesters were arrested Wednesday after blocking the entrance to Trump Tower in Midtown by chaining themselves to the door, according to several reports from the scene.

The protesters appear to be affiliated with the Cosecha Movement, a group protesting for "the permanent protection, respect, and dignity of all immigrants," according to its website.

One reporter at the scene tweeted that police were using an angle grinder to cut the protesters free, as they had chained themselves together in front of the tower's entrance.

The demonstration comes on the same day that Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is set to visit Mexico to meet President Enrique Peña Nieto prior to giving a speech on immigration in Arizona.

"I believe in dialogue to promote the interests of Mexico in the world, and principally, to protect Mexicans wherever they are," Peña Nieto wrote in Spanish in a Tweet on Tuesday night confirming the meeting.

Trump launched his campaign on June 16, 2015 by making this statement about Mexican immigrants to the United States: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

Trump has made the issue of immigration — specifically undocumented immigrants — a centerpiece of his campaign. He has repeatedly stated he will build a border wall between the United States and Mexico and make Mexico pay for its construction.

When called, a spokeswoman from the NYPD said she had no information to disclose about the arrests.

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