Students start walk from Miami to DC to push for changes in immigration law, policies
By APFriday, January 1, 2010
Miami students trek to DC for immigrant rights
MIAMI — While their fellow college students sleep off the night’s revelry, four South Florida students are celebrating the New Year with a slightly more active approach.
On Friday, the group embarked on a 1,500 mile trek from Miami to Washington, D.C., that they are calling the “Trail of Dreams.” Their goal is to raise support for changes in immigration law.
Twenty-year-old Juan Rodriguez and the others, all immigrants, plan to walk the distance and expect supporters to join them along the way. They plan to arrive in the capital May 1, in time for massive immigrant rights rallies.
They want Congress to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. They also want the federal government to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have spouses or children who are U.S. citizens.