Women Stage Sit-In, Call for McCarthy to Move On Immigration Reform

November 13, 2013 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Immigration Reform, Representative McCarthy Sit-In, Women Push for Immigration Reform

By Alfredo Camacho for South Kern Sol

BAKERSFIELD – The Central Valley became ground zero in the struggle for immigrant rights last week, when a coalition of women activists gathered outside of Congressman and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy’s office in downtown Bakersfield to take part in a demonstration and act of civil disobedience to demand an end to deportations, and congressional action on federal immigration reform.