Trail of Dreams students walk 1,500 miles to bring immigration message to Washington: ... The Trail of Dreams walk was their idea, but along the way they've been supported by groups like the Florida Immigrant Coalition. The students will lead a march to Lafayette Park, where they will help preside over a rally of expected thousands in front of the White House to advocate for immigration reform. It's a safe bet all things Arizona will be jeered.
As the national debate grows palpably more bitter and polarized, Pacheco and Matos are the face of the most sympathetic segment of the illegal immigrant population. Theirs is the image that supporters shrewdly promote to advance their movement, and that even some opponents find difficult to categorically condemn. They were brought to this country as children -- Pacheco at 7 from Ecuador, Matos at 14 from Brazil -- and have made the most of American opportunity.
