Immigration march and rally in Bakersfield

Gloria Merina joins a “Path to Citizenship” immigration rally in Bakersfield.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Immigrant and United Farm Workers union member Aurelio Ramos, center, joins a “Path to Citizenship” immigration rally in Bakersfield.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A caravan of immigrants-rights advocates makes its way through Bakersfield to a “Path to Citizenship” immigration rally.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Baruc Ojeda, 14, participates in the rally.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters rally at the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, where they gathered Wednesday early morning before their departure in a caravan of buses and cars to Bakersfield.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Immigrants-rights activist Maria Dominguez sleeps on a bus headed to Bakersfield to take part in one of the largest protests in the nation in support of an immigration overhaul.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Janitor Maria Ortiz shouts slogans at an immigration rally held at the Dodger Stadium parking lot before departure to Bakersfield for the bigger rally.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)