Police Arrest Immigration Protesters Outside Baseball Owners Meeting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MINNEAPOLIS -- Police arrested five protesters outside the quarterly meeting of Major League baseball team owners in Minneapolis.
They were among 100 people who gathered outside a downtown hotel Wednesday, trying to deliver petitions to commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star game out of Arizona because of that state's new law cracking down on illegal immigrants. They say an event that could pump $60 million into Arizona's economy belongs elsewhere.
Police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer said Thursday the five were booked into the Hennepin County Jail for trespassing after they refused to leave.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Selig said last month he considers the law a political issue and has shown no sign that Major League Baseball will move next year's All-Star game out of the state. He declined to comment on Thursday.