Monday, October 31, 2011

Immigrants "come out" at Winston-Salem rally

These students are supporting the DREAM Act passage. - - Donna Poisl

By: BERTRAND M. GUTIERREZ | Winston-Salem Journal

Uriel Alberto doesn't carry a wallet.

"You know, I've asked myself, 'Why — why don't I carry a wallet?' It's because I have no driver's license. I have no Social Security card. No bank account. I've never had these basic things. I'm not even a second-class citizen. I'm a third-class citizen," he said Monday.

Alberto, a 24-year-old Winston-Salem resident, made those comments on the main campus of Forsyth Technical Community College a few minutes before he declared himself as "undocumented" during a rally of about 50 people, some holding signs that read, "There Are No Illegal People."
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