A few days after the approval of the Dream Act in New York once more put the immigration issue on the spotlight of public debate in the United States, a Mexican undocumented immigrant has traveled in his bike from Florida to Washington to ask President Obama for the approval of the immigration reform.
According to a report published by the Associated Press, quoted by the Miami Herald, Francisco Díaz, born in Mexico and a resident of the United States for 15 years, started a journey on his bike of over 1,000 miles from Florida to Washington on the morning of Sunday, Feb. 2.
41 years old Díaz moved to Homestead, Florida in 1998 and although he has been married to an American citizen for 12 years, he has not been able to regulate his immigration status in the United States, according to NBC in its website.
Since very early that day, Díaz started preparing for his race, which he has called "Pedaling for 20 Million Dreams", which has the objective of pressuring President Obama to approve the awaited immigration reform, a project which has been suspended in the House of Representatives since June, 2013.
"I want to do this because every day I see too many broken families, because there are too many deportations every day," Francisco Díaz told the NBC.
Before starting his journey, the Mexican, who is a carpenter among other jobs, went to the San Martín de Porres church in Homestead to receive a blessing from a priest in a religious ceremony which gathered the Consuls of various Latin American countries who provided their support for Díaz' actions, according to a report by EFE via teh El Nuevo Herald.
"Last night I couldn't sleep, thinking and hoping that everything goes well. The road to the immigration reform is very important and we're going to achieve it. With unity, which is the only way to achieve it," said Díaz.
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