Our hope is that it will effect change and that the right measures will be taken. Our hopes are high that that is possible being that this is not just a local issue ? it's a national issue.

I hope that my achievements in life shall be these - that I will have fought for what was right and fair, that I will have risked for that which mattered, and that I will have given help to those who were in need, that I will have left the earth a better place for what I've done and who I've been.

It always seems like the same faces at all these events, but what came out of this is the idea that we need to extend a hand to others so we can bring them in. I think you need to start somewhere and this was an opportunity for that.

I'm hoping this is not just a Latino issue. We have immigrants of all nationalities here. I'm hoping people can sympathize with us because almost everyone in this community is from somewhere else ? whether it was Russia or Germany or wherever.

The last thing I wrote to a friend was that I hope all the things we've done will change the laws in Virginia so we can go home again. This just isn't home. I'm not sure it ever will be.

We hope that everyone involved will understand that this change is being made in response to the critical situation in the Middle East and will help us make these changes work.