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Protests targets new detention center, McCarthy backing for suit blocking President Obama’s executive action on immigration

Activists with the UFW and UFW Foundation will peacefully protest in front of the new Mesa Verde immigration detention center in Bakersfield at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday as part of a nationwide day of action mobilizing against anti-immigrant attacks on President Obama’s new deferred action programs. Immigrant families, community leaders, public officials, Latino and immigrant voters, and immigrant rights groups across the country are participating.