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There was a line in President Obama鈥檚 State of the Union address that particularly resonated with me: 鈥淥pportunity is who we are.鈥�

I think everyone would agree. The question is whether we鈥檒l provide that opportunity to the millions of immigrants who are living and working in the shadows in our country.

Will we put an end to the ugly bigotry, exploitation and discrimination faced by a聽 vulnerable population of people who are working hard in search of the American Dream?

They鈥檙e people like our client Joel Licea, whose dreams of being the first in his family to attend college were dashed when he was charged triple the normal cost of tuition in South Carolina because his parents were undocumented. We helped Joel and students like him in other states across the South.

They鈥檙e people like our client Cirila Baltazar Cruz, whose newborn daughter was stolen from her in a Mississippi hospital because she couldn鈥檛 speak English to defend herself against false charges. She was reunited with her baby because of our legal action.

They鈥檙e people like the thousands of 鈥済uest workers鈥� who鈥檝e been systematically cheated out of their hard-earned wages by unscrupulous employers. We鈥檝e won millions in back pay for them.

We join the president in urging Congress to act swiftly, to provide a path to citizenship for the millions of immigrants who are working in our fields and factories to put food on tables. And, with your support, we鈥檒l continue to seek justice for the most marginalized in our society.

As the president said, 鈥淥pportunity is who we are.鈥澛�