ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Members of the Catholic Worker Movement who staged a sit-in at an office of a New York congressman who supports President Donald Trump have ended their protest after the Republican lawmaker showed up to speak with them.
The Ithaca Journal reports members of Ithaca Catholic Worker started their sit-in Tuesday at Rep. Tom Reed's district office in Ithaca, demanding he speak out against Trump's executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S.
The protest continued into late Thursday night, when Reed surprised the group after meeting with Trump in Washington, D.C., earlier in the day. Reed and the protesters spent about two hours discussing issues such as immigration and health care.
Reed's mostly rural 23rd Congressional District covers 11 counties from the Finger Lakes region to New York's southwest corner.