Trail of dreams

Trail of Dreams, a grassroots immigration reform group that has been staging a protest walk from Miami to Washington, came through Atlanta on Feb. 27. The walkers, led by young activists from Miami, started out on Jan. 1 and intend to join a national immigrant rights demonstration in the U.S. capital. Their main demand is to be treated with respect and dignity. In Georgia they have marched through towns where the Ku Klux Klan has come out to spread its vile racism and through counties where the sheriffs use their power to deport immigrants without papers. Nevertheless, they have picked up supporters along the way — local people have walked with them and attended the fiestas they hold at the end of each day. About 150 people walked with them in Atlanta. Their website is www.trail2010.org.

— Photo and report by Jimmy Raynor