Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and a coalition of activists are working to prevent the opening of what would become California’s largest ICE detention center in California City.
The group gathered for a press conference near the facility, chanting “Si Se Puede” in protest of the planned detention center. Huerta expressed concern about the impact such a facility would have on Kern County, an area with a significant farm worker population.
“Well that’s actually pretty depressing. When you think of all the millions of dollars that the administration is spending to keep people incarcerated is really bad. And this will not be good for California City. It will not be good for the state of California or the nation. It’s a very bad look actually,” Huerta said…