Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada embraces Astrid Silva, of Las Vegas, a DREAM Act supporter whose family came to the U.S. from Mexico illegally and whose story has been an inspiration for Reid during work on the immigration reform bill, Thursday, June 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid carries a folder with letters from Astrid Silva that he read on the Senate floor before the historic vote.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada embraces Astrid Silva, of Las Vegas, a DREAM Act supporter whose family came to the U.S. from Mexico illegally and whose story has been an inspiration for Reid during work on the immigration reform bill, Thursday, June 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid carries a folder with letters from Astrid Silva that he read on the Senate floor before the historic vote.