As protests against mass deportations continue at Los Angeles and other American cities, Republican members of Congress are growing increasingly irate with crowds forcing the shutdowns of major highways — so much so that one is reintroducing a bill to make the act a federal-level crime.
“I will soon reintroduce legislation to make blocking a highway intentionally a federal crime,” a Republican from Georgia, Congressman Mike Collins, said in a post on X in response to reports from KTLA showing video footage of the 101 freeway at Los Angeles being blocked by protesters on Sunday.
Try waving an American flag in Beijing and blocking a freeway. See what happens to you.pic.twitter.com/d4pP5XXDeN
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 3, 2025
