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State of the State Protest

March 5th, 2013 by flanews

A group of college students and civil rights activists delivered their own state of the state today.

They lined the walkway from the House to the Senate and held signs demanding changes to state law. Before Governor Rick Scott’s State of the State speech the students held a news conference to call for gun control and immigration reform. Selma Ally is part of the protest group known as the Dream Defenders. Ally was brought to Florida from Trinidad by her parents when she was six.

“To say that we are illegal dehumanizes us and delegitimizes our existence and our experiences here in America. It took me 10 years to finally acknowledge that in front of all of you that I am undocumented,” said Ally.

The Dream Defenders formed after the shooting of Trayvon Martin last year. They’re goal is to advance the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.

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