A 28-year-old illegal immigrant took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night to blast Donald Trump for promising to "separate families" like hers as president.
"When I was four years old, my mother and I climbed into a raft and we crossed a river to join my dad in America for a better life," Astrid Silva, who hails from Mexico, said in remarks delivered to the 4,000-plus Democratic delegation. Silva was the first illegal immigrant to deliver a major speech at either party's nominating conventions.
"My family and I are here because of people like Sen. Harry Reid," she said, highlighting the Senate minority leader's defense of DREAMers, or young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
"When Donald Trump talked about deporting 11 million people, he's talking about separating families like mine," Silver said. "Hillary Clinton understands that this is not who we are as a country."
"I know she will fight to keep our families together. I know she will," Silver said of the former secretary of state.
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