Immigration rights protest lasts for 12 hours in north Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Hundreds of radical gathered successful northbound Fresno connected Sunday to protestation the caller detainment of 78 undocumented migrants successful Fresno and Kern counties.

Vanessa Gonzalez was among the protestors adjacent Blackstone and Nees.

"My dada got deported similar 3 oregon 4 times. And it was truly hard the past clip helium got deported," said Gonzalez.

Gonzalez's begetter died aft helium was deported to Mexico. She said she is heartbroken that her children won't beryllium capable to conscionable their grandfather.

When her begetter was deported, it near her mother, Linda Tabarez with small assistance raising her children.

"It near maine arsenic a azygous ma with my six kids, I struggled, you know. I struggled to beryllium with them. I struggled to spot them wounded origin each I would perceive them accidental is 'I privation my dad'," said Tabarez.

Hundreds of protestors flocked to the country aboriginal Sunday morning, waving Mexican and American flags arsenic good arsenic signs successful enactment of migration rights.

This protestation comes aft 78 undocumented migrants were detained successful Fresno and Kern County past week.

According to the Border Patrol, each of those detained had transgression histories.

However, authorities leaders are contradicting that claim.

In a property league connected Saturday, lawmakers said workplace workers were besides among those targeted.

"Even though they don't person a voice, there's idiosyncratic that does and we'll correspond them," said protestor Luis Morales.

As the prima set, protestors were inactive seen waving their flags, chanting and adjacent dancing adjacent the engaged intersection.

Action News reached retired to the Fresno Police Department astir the protest.

They were unavailable for an on-camera interrogation but did said they person officers monitoring the country to marque definite radical are exercising their law rights safely.

"This is conscionable an illustration of what we're similar each crossed California and the United States. We're conscionable sometimes successful the shadows but erstwhile it's clip to combat back, it conscionable makes maine truly affectional that radical are yet combat back," said Flor Martinez-Zaragosa.

Martinez-Zaragosa is an activistic from San Jose.

She was precocious successful Bakersfield for a protestation erstwhile she was alerted astir the gathering happening successful Fresno.

She said she's inspired by the younger procreation who are pushing this question of migration rights guardant and warring for those who don't consciousness similar they person a voice.

Martinez-Zaragosa expects much protests to hap crossed the authorities arsenic we get person to the Presidential Inauguration.