Several protesters were arrested at the Otay Mesa Detention Center Saturday afternoon.
The people taken into custody were charged with unlawful assembly and assault when one of the protesters threw what looked like oranges or tangerines at a detention center employee’s car as the employee was leaving work. Protesters also chained themselves to makeshift border walls and blocked the entry of detention center employees driving into work.
The protesters, identified as Generation Justice and PICO California, say they don’t want to let anyone working at the facility leave because they want them to feel what it’s like being held prisoner against their will.
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