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But Mr Amsterdam said the more intransigent the government, the more it would spur Chadema's supporters "to push forward and engage in civil disobedience".

Jake, who did not give his last name, said Tuesday's action is the first in what he described as "civil disobedience".

“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” he wrote.

He handcuffed himself to a federal building to bring attention to the plight of immigrants in detention, the first of about a dozen times he would be arrested for civil disobedience, Jimenez said.

Youth Demand, which describes itself as a "new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to genocide", began carrying out acts of civil disobedience last year.