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The Democratic Party's presidential primary race is coming to Salinas.Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be at Hartnell College for a rally at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Doors will open at noon.The event will take place in the college's small auxiliary gym (Building G) at 411 Central Avenue.The gym has a capacity of 578 people, and the rally will have a first-come-first-serve policy at the door.Anyone who wants to attend the rally is asked to RSVP. You can RSVP by clicking here.As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, about 150 people were lined up outside the gym to attend.Former president Bill Clinton will be in New Mexico while his wife is in Salinas.Hillary Clinton's campaign representative said her speech will be themed, "breaking the barriers." Barriers include racial barriers and income inequality.State Assemblyman Luis Alejo will be one of the rally's speakers."I am proud to personally support former Secretary Hillary Clinton in her candidacy for President of the United States,” said Alejo, who serves as chair of the California Latino Legislative Caucus. “For decades, California’s Latino legislators have fought to build bridges of opportunity for Californians. Hillary Clinton has been a lifetime champion for the same things we fight for in California’s Latino community: better jobs, better education, better healthcare and an opportunity for hard-working Californians to achieve their dreams for themselves and their families. She has also proven that she will fight to ensure our nation’s immigrants are treated with dignity and respect."A Hartnell College spokesperson said Hillary Clinton will talk about, "why she is the best candidate to raise incomes for California families, to lower healthcare costs and improve education, and to break down the barriers that hold too many Americans back."Local activists who oppose Hillary Clinton are organizing a protest called "Anti-Hillary Clinton Action" for outside the rally. As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, 78 people on Facebook posted that they were planning to attend the protest.Protest organizers wrote, "Hillary Clinton is coming to Salinas this Wednesday to speak and try to win over the 'Latino' vote. Let's show her she is not welcome here and she does not represent our people."When Clinton held a campaign rally in 2008 at Hartnell College, she focused on immigration reform.Local campaign representative Shawn Bagley said the former first lady will likely talk about immigration again."This is how Hillary feels: You should have a pathway to citizenship. You shouldn't have your families broken up. That's ridiculous," Bagley said. "For the workers, working in the shadows, it's very important that we make it so that they can come out of the shadows and participate in this 21st century economy.""She's coming here to tell her story. To get people excited," Bagley said.Hartnell College administrators said they are excited that Hillary Clinton chose their campus twice within the past decade, and hope students are inspired to get involved in the political discussion.Student Victoriana Jordan said, "Her coming here might be like, 'Oh, this is actually happening. It's in real life, not just on the TV, or the computer, phone, or Twitter or YouTube."Local Bernie Sanders campaigners are not planning a counter-event to Hillary Clinton's rally. Some Hartnell College students who support Sanders, however, plan to stage a protest.Last week, actress Shailene Woodly went to UC Santa Cruz to campaign for Sanders and register students to vote.VIDEO: Actress Shailene Woodly at UC Santa Cruz registering students to voteBagley assembled 100 volunteers and get the Salinas venue ready."Right now, we are putting things together to make sure we have enough chairs , to make sure the venue is safe , to make sure we have a flag on the wall , to all the intricate logistics that go into a presidential campaign visit," Bagley said.California's presidential primary election is June 7.