(Atlanta, Georgia) – Tomas has lived in Atlanta, GA for 13 years where he is a volunteer organizer with the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, a group that advocates for the rights of immigrants in the state, and where he co-hosts a community radio show, Glahriadores, providing information to the Spanish-speaking community about current events and their rights. He became involved in organizing after his nephew was deported. “Seeing his family broken apart worried about their futures. I realized it could happen to anyone,” he explained. He came to Washington D.C. to ask President Obama to stop deportations. “We have organized marches, spoken to legislators, signed petitions, made phone calls, but we have to do more. The legacy of undocumented young people and of civil rights in the United States, of people fighting for their rights at whatever cost, shows us we have to continue putting pressure for our communities to be safe. President Obama needs to know the suffering he causes in our communities. He must stop deportations.”