Winston-Salem was the site of a ‘coming out’ rally for illegal immigrants, who lobbied Congress to pass the DREAM Act.

Participants spoke out against out-of-state tuition for undocumented immigrants:

For example, Giovanna Hurtado of Elkin spoke fiercely through tears at the rally. She forced herself to describe to the crowd in a loud voice how attorneys and judges, impressed by her work ethic at the law firm where she is employed, have told her that she should go to law school.

Of course, she can’t go because of the tuition, she said.

“After graduation, I died. I got depressed,” she said, describing the limited options before her as her friends went to college. “But I am here to say that I am Giovanna Hurtado, and I am undocumented and unafraid!”

Seems like immigration has been on the back burner with everything else going on, but it is making its way back into the presidential campaign.