(Atlanta, Georgia) – Maria is a 53-year-old grandmother who has lived in Atlanta Georgia for 12 years where she worked as a cleaner until being injured on the job. She is a volunteer and organizer with the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, advocating for the rights of Latino immigrants in the state. She first became involved in organizing four years ago, working against Secure Communities and 287g programs. She says that as a mother whose son was deported, what hurts is seeing parents without their children and children without parents. She came to Washington D.C. to work for an end to these separations of families. “I am here fighting for our rights. We have to give it our all, whatever happens.”