DORAL, Fla. — Frida Ulloa’s mother and brother are U.S. citizens, and she’s lived in the United States for a decade, but under U.S. law, that wasn’t enough to get the 24 year-old college student a green card. Because her mother became a citizen just after Ulloa turned 21, she was no longer in the fast track for minors. It will likely take years for her to get U.S. residency.

The Peruvian native said that is why she joined more than three dozen activists Friday at the Doral office of U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, urging the Republican lawmaker to press harder for immigration reform. Ulloa was one of a handful of activists who planned to fast for five days, both to pressure Diaz-Balart and to call attention to the more than 1,000 average daily deportations.