Dream Act Supporters on Miami Beach
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DREAM Act supporters form human billboard on Miami Beach.
By LUISA YANEZ
lyanez@MiamiHerald.com
A group of 50 undocumented immigrant students from South Florida who support the passage of The DREAM Act gathered on the sand on Miami Beach Sunday to form a human billboard that read: ``Dream Act Now!''
The act will be voted on this week in Congress as an amendment to the Department of Defense reauthorization bill. The group is urging passage of the act and asking Florida Sen. George LeMieux to vote yes.
The act would give undocumented immigrant students who have been living in the U.S. since they were young a chance to go to college or join the military and offers them a path to citizenship.
``The moment has come to make the DREAM come true,'' said Julio Calderón, an undocumented student himself, who took part in the two-hour long event on Collins Park, between 21st and 22nd streets.
