Teachers Association to Hold Rally at Otay Detention Facility

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<p>National City Elementary Teachers Association will hold a press conference today at 2 p.m., at the Otay Mesa Detention Center&nbsp;in response to reports that two parents were detained by an immigration agency on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The teachers association earlier this week released a statement demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents immediately desist from targeting parents from National School District.</p>
<p>According to the release, both mother, Rosenda Pérez, and father, Francisco Duarte, were taken into custody and the children were left unattended.</p>
<p>“These sweeps and raids are having a chilling effect on National School District students’ rights to access their local public school,” according to the teachers association press release.</p>
<p>In a video published on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZGP4Qv29rg&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> May 25, the four children of the detained parents asked for help from the community.</p>
<p>According to the Facebook invite the teachers association is asking people to join in supporting the children by rallying and attending the press conference.</p>
<figure id="attachment_40384" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-40384" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://laprensa-sandiego.org/breaking-news/teachers-association-to-hold…; rel="attachment wp-att-40384"><img loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-40384" src="http://laprensa-sandiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/son_eventtoday-…; alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://dev-laprensa.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/son_eve… 300w, https://dev-laprensa.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/son_eve… 1024w, https://dev-laprensa.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/son_eve… 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-40384" class="wp-caption-text">Francisco Duarte Jr., 19, speaks with media at Otay Mesa Detention Center Friday, May 26.</figcaption></figure>
<p>Story is developing.</p>