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About 50 people across the San Joaquin Valley packed their bags and headed to a detention center in San Diego.

The group represented Faith in the Valley, an organization that advocates for immigrants, low-wage workers and former inmates. Trena Turner,  the executive director, says they went to the Otay Mesa Detention Center, which has been open for three years, to protest the effects Trump’s policy has had on families.

Although Trump has changed his policy of separating families at the border, his strict immigration rhetoric has sparked protest around the country. Turner says they got their message across.

“I think that a change will be made and I think that we have a group of people across the Central Valley and the nation that at this point is saying, ‘Enough is enough,'” says Turner. “We are embarrassed over our nation and embarrassed over the things that our administration is doing.”

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