Gonzalez was in the country illegally. and would never be able to serve in the u.s. military. and in june his mother says police stopped her son, discovered his status, and authorities eventually deported him. i still haven t recovered from it. translator: my son is the most special thing to me. reporter: gonzalez s mother is one of thousands expected to organize and rally. immigration advocates have been gearing up for months to take their message to congress. they re urging lawmakers to create pa pathway to citizenship for the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country. but the conservative leaning senter for immigration studies says there s no easy solution to reign in illegal immigration. it seems unlikely that the people who have broken the law is going to discourage future
Law breaking. it is true that people argue, hey, we ll promise to enforce the law from now on. but, again, there s enormous credibility there. reporter: as for reyes, she wants congress and president obama to act for her son s sake. i m asking that we have solutions to this. and no more promises. reporter: there seems to be some home that congress will take up the issue this year. @ balm supports immigration reform and harry reid said if it can be worked out it will be put on the legislative agenda. right now congress has a lot on its plate and bigger issues to work out first. sandra endo, cnn, washington. the health care vote is coming down to the wire. so who are the congress members still undeclared? josh levs takes a closer look. we have a list that you can keep up with throughout the day. coming up the key player who is
March in the nation s capitol demanding change. not for health reform, but immigration reform, and finding a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. reporter: honduran immigrant holds onto a few photos of her 19-year-old son brian gonzalez. he is the youngest of her six kids. [ speaking spanish ] translator: he s the type of person who loves to get involved and get in there. reporter: he moved from virginia to honduras four years ago, her son quickly fell in love with the uniform. translator: his dream was actually to go to iraq. [ speaking spanish ] translator: it was like a dream for him to serve his country in that way. reporter: he was active in rotc at school and wanted to become a pilot in the air force. but here s the catch.