PREVIEW

Outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral on a Sunday afternoon during the busy holiday season on Fifth Ave. activists with the organization Rise & Resist stage a vigil in support of immigrants with a nativity scene including actors playing Mary & Joseph, a doll representing the baby Jesus, cardboard sheep, a snake and a donkey. Pedestrians look on as protesters hold signs that read 'SEEKING ASYLUM is not a crime' 'No one comes 3,000 miles to steal. They come to work.' 'Would you deport Jesus, Mary, and Joseph?' 'Mary and Joseph were refugees seeking asylum' 'STOP PROJECT 2025 PROTECT IMMIGRANTS.