Police respond after anti-ICE protesters enter Citizens Bank lobby in Providence

ANTI-ICE protesters briefly entered the downtown Citizens branch lobby Monday, prompting a police response. / COURTESY OF NORTHEAST ACTION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE

PROVIDENCE – Police were called Monday morning to disperse roughly two dozen protesters who briefly entered the lobby of the downtown Citizens Financial Group branch at One Citizens Plaza. The action was part of an anti-ICE bank funding protest, demanding that the Providence-based bank stop financing private prison companies that contract with U.S. Immigration and

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