Eight DREAMer Activists Arrested Outside DNC Conference

BuzzFeed - Arrests come as part of a growing campaign targeting Hillary Clinton. Jacob Fischler/BuzzFeed WASHINGTON — Eight DREAMer activists were arrested outside a Democratic National Committee event by D.C. police Friday afternoon as part of a protest of President Obama's decision to delay changing deportation policies until after the November election. The arrests came as former Secretary of State and presumptive presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was speaking at the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, and marks the third time activists from United We Dream have been arrested at at events featuring Clinton. Clinton has largely avoided the controversy over deportations, and has thus far refused to engage activists, even when they get within ear shot. Friday's protest was no different: while police were arresting protestors outside, Clinton was making her pitch to Democratic activists to reengage in the political process before election day, urging them to get out and vot