Monday, February 06, 2012

Voice behind efforts for Md. Dream Act began activism as a teenage immigrant

This Union leader, who is fighting for the DREAM Act, uses his experiences as an immigrant to help in the fight. - - Donna Poisl

By Luz Lazo

That April 10 nearly six years ago was one of Jaime Contreras’s defining moments.

People arrived on the Mall by the tens of thousands, waving American flags and chanting in Spanish, “Yes, we can!”

Contreras, 37, still vividly remembers the vigor of more than a quarter of a million people demanding immigration reform.

“I was proud. . . . The thing that made me the most nervous was [thinking], ‘Where do we go from here?’ ” Contreras said.
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