Trail of Dreams July Update

 What’s going on with the four Dreamwalkers who came through Spartanburg?   Since they completed their 1,500 mile walk from Miami to DC and participated in the immigration rights rally May 1st, they’ve been busy!   Felipe Matos and Carlos Roa are in Arizona, advocating against the new state anti-immigrant law there.   They will begin a new walk through Arizona, talking at community events.   You can keep up with them at http://trail2010.org/

June 28th, Juan Rodriguez met with President Obama to relay the stories of the undocumented people they met on the trail. CNN recognized him as “one of the most intriguing people today.” The week before, Gaby Pacheco met with senators.   Here is her post:  "I was given the opportunity to participate at a meeting last week with key Senators.  The purpose of this meeting was to talk about how to move immigration reform forward.  Invitations to this meeting went out to every sector of the movement.  Some of the people present at the meeting were Farm Workers Alliances, NCLR, SEIU, RI4A, and about 20 other national organizations."

The DREAM act (written, but not passed, or even voted on) would stop detentions and deportations of students brought to this nation as minors and would give them a pathway to citizenship through education or military service, as well as include some other moves toward comprehensive immigration reform.