Immigration advocates took to the streets of Ybor City in Tampa Thursday night as lawmakers wrangled with the issue of immigration reform on Capitol Hill.

Congress then took its summer recess with no new legislation put into place.

This, as a proposal to spend nearly $3 billion to help with the immigration response failed in the U.S. Senate.

New numbers show Florida is one of the states taking many of the children crossing the border. More than 3,000 of those immigrant children come to Florida for shelter.

A local group advocating for these children wants to see something change.

The group of supporters that rallied Thursday night want the president to stop deporting them.

Lurvin Lizardo lives in Tampa with a temporary protective status. She is a native of Honduras and always fears she could be deported.

It’s the same fate of most of the children now illegally crossing the border.

"We should treat kids like human beings," Lizardo said.

Speaking through a translator, Lizardo was just one of dozens of advocates lining 7th Avenue in Tampa saying the children need a voice and proper legal representation.

"We need immigration to protect our children,” Lizardo said. “These are the future kids of our generation."

The issue is now a humanitarian crisis.

The kids escape the poverty and violence of their own countries and if they make it to the U.S., they go with a family member or friend until they are matched back up with their parents.

Advocates say that doesn't help.

"The sponsor program is not working but that's why we're demanding there be protection,” said Marisol Marquez, a local immigration advocate.  “Something that is much better than what is currently existing."

And without protection, Marquez said, these children are in limbo, something Lizardo doesn’t have to worry about.

"I do feel lucky that I don't have to go through what many parents do," Lizardo said.

Her two daughters were born in this country.

She realizes it’s a luxury many parents south of the border do not have.

Texas, California and Florida are the three states that get the most immigrant children that make it across the border.