Thirteen immigrants including a number of farm workers, who had traveled 1,600 kilometers (995 miles) in a caravan from Florida, called Tuesday in the U.S. capital for President Barack Obama to stop deportations and for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.

“We are here to remind the president and the Congress of the promise that was made to us to work to make a reality of comprehensive immigration reform,” Tirso Moreno, general coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida, said in a press conference.