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Photos from NY Times 8-3-07











Photo 1: Juan Gomez and his family
Photo 2: Gomez's friend visiting with Congressman Diaz-Balart
Juan Sebastain Gomez has plenty of good friends. They gathered together and successfully advocated for a delay in his
deportation...




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Save Juan Campaign Appeals To President Bush
The Dream Act: Help Bring Back Juan Gomez
CBS Miami
by David Sutta
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_210150851.html

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In Increments, Senate Revisits Immigration Bill
Julia Preston
New York Times
August 3, 2007


...The college bill attracted renewed interest this week because of Juan Sebastian Gomez, a student who just graduated with honors from Killian Senior High School in Miami. On July 25, immigration agents in Florida detained Mr. Gomez, 18, his brother and his parents, all illegal immigrants from Colombia, and prepared to deport them. Immigration officials delayed the deportation on Wednesday after a group of Mr. Gomez’s high school friends roused support in South Florida and then flew to Washington to pound on doors.

The friends pointed to Mr. Gomez’s academic record — a near-perfect 3.96 grade-point average — and top scores on 11 Advanced Placement exams. They said he should not be punished for his illegal status because his parents brought him to the United States when he was 2.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/03/washington/03immig.html

thanks to Immigration Prof Blog for pointing out the NY Times article