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Check out the video we produced when the “Trail of DREAMS” students arrived in DC:
Student activists Felipe Matos, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez walked 1,500 miles from Miami to Washington, DC to promote passage of the DREAM Act and sensible immigration reform.
FIAC – Trail of DREAMs coverage on Vimeo.
In this video:
Susana Barciela: Policy Director, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC)
Cheryl Little: Executive Director, FIAC
Jesus Reyes: College Student
Gaby Pacheco: Trail of DREAMS walker and activist
In the words of the activists themselves:
We are four students from Florida…who were brought to the United States by our families when we were young. This is the only country we have known as home. We have the same hopes and dreams as other young people, and have worked hard to excel in school and contribute to our communities. But because of our immigration status, we’ve spent our childhoods in fear and hiding, unable to achieve our full potential.
We walk in order to share our stories and to call on our leaders to fix the system that forces people like us into the shadows, stripping us of the opportunity to participate meaningfully in society.