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As many as 5,000 people gathered for the Families Belong Together rally at Civic Center Plaza in the morning and then marched to the local offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement nearby.

In the afternoon, a more tense scene played out at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, where 1,000 people or more led by San Diego’s interfaith community gathered to chant, pray and sing.

“We come here today because we are grieving for the soul of our nation,” said Bishop Robert McElroy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. “This is the line that should not be crossed.”

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