As a teenager, Silva didn’t understand why her parents continually said no to her requests – when she wanted to try out for cheerleading or apply for a magnet school.
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The daughter crossed paths with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in February. Clinton told Karla to let her do the worrying. “I have seen her comfort children… who are scared of losing their families for deportation”.
Astrid Silva is a 28-year-old undocumented immigrant from Mexico living in United States.
The Democratic Party is holding its convention in Philadelphia this week. At the time, the president signed executive orders for immigration reform aimed at keeping families together.
Organizing Director of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Astrid Silva will speak at the Democratic National Convention.
“(Trump) wants to scare people to become president. Donald Trump believes undocumented immigrants are a serious threat to America, which a wall between the US and Mexico will remedy.
The choice to include an undocumented immigrant shows a sharp contrast between the Democrats and the Republicans as they head into the 2016 general election stretch. Their bond helped influence Reid to support the bill for immigration reform. Sullivan said Clinton’s proposal “lies right in the heart of common sense, compassion and the foundation for strong economic growth”.
The families of Astrid and the Ortizes gathered in Las Vegas at the Culinary Local 226 office to watch the speeches on television.
She and her mother, Francisca, will take the stage before Silva.
What makes her the “angriest” is the indifference among a certain segment of the Latino community, who are not registering to vote and are letting the opportunity slip away to get USA citizenship to be eligible to vote in November, when the United States will elect a new president and a renew a portion of Congress.
Barbara Silva said she and her husband, Caesar, 56, work and pay taxes and that people like them shouldn’t have to fear deportation. Due to their status of being in the country illegally, the Silvas knew Astrid going could be risky.
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Undocumented children, according to the L.A. Times, can go to school and receive basic services, but once they become adults, their options are severely limited. “I grew up like an ordinary girl – my dad worked as a landscaper and my mom stayed home with my brother and I. But while my friends did ordinary things, I couldn’t because my parents were afraid that someone might discover I was undocumented”.
