Luis Aguilar, 25, from Falls Church, Va., speaks at the opening of the FWD.us Hackathon at the LinkedIn offices in Mountain View, Calif. Aguilar immigrated to the United States at the age of 9 from Mexico, and has taught himself how to code using online classes and tutorials.
Aguilar says immigration reform means justice and dignity for the 11 million aspiring Americans in the United States and the opportunity to see his father, who was deported from the United States when Aguilar was 15, and whom he hasn't seen since.