Thread: Gomez in D.C. for Support of Dream Act

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Still Fighting For A Dream, Gomez Is Back In D.C.

Ileana Varela
Reporting

(CBS4) As their days of freedom in South Florida wind down, two brothers facing deportation to Colombia are again taking their fight our nation’s capital.

Juan Gomez and his brother Alex were on their way to Washington D.C. about 6:00 p,m. to lobby for the passage of the Dream Act which would help more than 65-thousand students who are facing deportation because of their parents' immigration status.

“I’m going to tell them to support the Dream Act because it means so much to us,’ Juan Gomez told CBS4’s Ileana Varela who spoke with him at the airport.

Juan Gomez also said he is not even nervous about going to Washington “No, I’m actually excited than nervous.â€

[quote]On learning of his arrest, Gomez’s friends formed the “Save Juanâ€