"Dreams
For
My
Family"
Rally
Urges
President
Obama to "Go Big" ...3 of 3 >
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July 28, 2014 - More scenes
from
United We Dream's "Dreams from Our Families" rally "to highlight the
stories of Dreamers and their parents, and demand the President provide
affirmative relief to millions." |
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Tim Eakins, an organizer for
United We Dream, does a litte repair work on the cover of the giant
book which he help organize construction of. He said they wanted
the book, which is 10' x 6', to be "really, really big" but it couldn't
be heavy. Eakins said President Obama should "do everything he
can to bring relief."
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"Now iit is time to win DACA for
our parents. It is now time for
President Obama to go big and go bold." declared Maria Praeli, whose
mother brought her from Peru to the United States when she was five
years
old, 16 years ago. "Enough is enough. DACA needs to be
extended to our parents," Praeli said.
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Carlos Rojas-Álvarez,
originally from Medellín, Columbia, came to the United States at
age five and is campaign coordinator for Student Immigrant Movement in
Boston. |
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On June 30,
President Obama announced "a
new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own,
without Congress." He
stated
he expected recommendations "before the end of summer and I
intend to adopt those recommendations without further delay." The
message
of this rally was: "He must go big." |
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