It is by now a gripping and familiar sight, one of the first images that comes to mind when imagining the frontlines of the immigration battle.
A group of students, distinctively marked as such by their colorful graduation robes and tassels, takes over a building or stages a protest, with signs that read, “Undocumented and Unafraid.” Someone calls the police, and the youth are handcuffed and led away.
Theirs are the faces of those who agitate for passage of the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, and whose proud declaration of being out of legal status in the U.S has made them, for some, new civil rights heroes.