Donald Trump encouraged "dreamers," young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as kids, to support his candidacy on Wednesday afternoon at a rally in Toledo, Ohio.
Near the end of his speech, Trump made a pitch to the audience about the importance of getting out to vote and staying involved over the next 47 days of his campaign.
"You have to campaign on the streets, spread the love that we in this room really love the people of the country and want to make our country great again," Trump said.
Trump said that his supporters need to lift their voices, pound the pavement, and get out to vote to change the world as we know it.
"You have 47 days to make possible every dream, and there are many dreamers right now in this room," Trump said.
He then asked who the dreamers were in the room, while raising his hand. Someone in the crowd even yelled Trump’s name.
Trump’s call for dreamers to get out and vote for him in November came as a surprise to some as he has devoted much of his campaign to speaking against illegal immigration. The term "dreamer" is associated with the DREAM Act, an acronym for "Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors." The legislation, originally proposed in 2001 by Sens. Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) and Orrin Hatch (R., Ariz.), gives undocumented immigrants a path to eventually become permanent residents.