Brookfield Woman Arrested During Immigration Reform Protest: Report

Brookfield, CT — Nine people were arrested in Hartford on Monday for disorderly conduct at an immigration rally, The News Times reports, including a Brookfield woman.

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Camila Bortolleto, 28, is one of several members of the group CT Students for a Dream, who sponsored the protest, the paper said.

According to their website, CT Students for a Dream (C4D) was founded in 2010 by a group of undocumented students from across Connecticut.

"Initially coming together to discuss how it could advocate for the Federal DREAM Act, this small group organized a CT “Dream Summit” to kick off the DREAM movement in Connecticut, where over 30 students attended, and were trained on how to organize for the DREAM Act. C4D then held Connecticut’s first “Undocumented & Unafraid: Coming Out” event in the state, where students shared their stories of being undocumented and came out publicly to their communities, a first in CT."

Bortolleto and eight others blocked the road after police warned the group to leave and were arrested after refusing, the News Times said. All were offered three days of community service in exchange for the dismissal of their charges, according to the report.

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Image via CT Students for a Dream