As senior democrats in the U.S. Senate get ready to push for the addition of the Dream Act into the defense bill, undocumented students in South Florida are doing their own politicking.

Dozens of them laid down together in the sand using their bodies to spell out the words "Dream Act." They hope their S.O.S. in the sand will be heard throughout the country.

A message that is very timely as the senate is scheduled to debate the defense bill this week.

"We came here today to tell our senators our leaders that we need their support, without them we can not fulfill our dreams," said Guillermo Reyes an undocumented college student.

Reyes came to the U.S. from Venezuela with his parents when he was 15 years old. He said he grew up here living the typical American childhood.

"The U.S. is the country that I consider my home, where I spent the past 10 years of my life," said Reyes. "It has shaped me and molded me to who I am. My parents brought me at a young age and their dream is for me to become a U.S. citizen and not only that, but for me to be able to do everything that I was not able to do at my home country."

Now he said all that is threatened because of his legal status. Recently Reyes and his brother were detained by immigration officers after his parent's petition for political asylum was denied.

"It's definitely an experience that I don't wish anyone to go through," Reyes said.

So, Reyes is pushing for the passage of the Dream Act. If passed it will allow young undocumented immigrants to gain permanent residency if they complete two years of college or two years in the military.

"The dream act is really the piece of legislation that we need in order to keep studying and to be able to give back to the U.S.," said Reyes.

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I just thought it was a pretty cool story. The picture is there if you click the link.