Obama visits immigration hunger strikers in US capital
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama paid a visit on Friday to hunger strikers calling for immigration reform, who are camped out on the National Mall in Washington. Accompanied by his wife,...
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President Obama visited immigration activists in Washington on Friday, telling them there was still time for the House to pass legislation that would overhaul the nation's immigration system. Obama...
View ArticleObama visits fasting activists
He told them their commitment could move lawmakers to act on immigration changes. 0 comments Travel Deals $99 & up -- Atlantis Bahamas 5-Day Sale for 2014 Travel See all travel deals » Darlene...
View ArticleOBAMA VISITS FASTING IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday told activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration legislation that their “commitment to change” ultimately will help pressure...
View ArticleObama visits activists fasting for immigration reform
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday told activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration legislation that their “commitment to change” ultimately will help pressure...
View ArticleActivists continue their Washington fast, hoping Congress will act on...
The holiday season is the happiest time of the year — although, unfortunately, not for everyone. For the hundreds of thousands of immigrant families who have seen their loved ones deported or who live...
View ArticleImmigrant activists end DC fast, pass baton
MIAMI (AP) — Three immigrant advocates on a hunger strike to pressure lawmakers to change the country’s immigration system ended their three-week fast Tuesday on the National Mall, while a new group of...
View ArticleActivists Fast for Immigration Reform
Cindy Saine CAPITOL HILL — A group of activists has been fasting in Washington for more than two weeks to pressure Speaker of the House John Boehner to allow a vote on comprehensive immigration reform....
View ArticleActivists end immigration fast as thousands of others take up the cause
WASHINGTON — Sapped by three weeks of a water-only diet, three activists for immigration reform ended their fasts Tuesday (Dec. 3) with a morsel of bread blessed by a priest and “passed the fast on” to...
View ArticleFlorida activists join immigrants in national fast
Nearly a dozen Florida immigration advocates are fasting for the day in solidarity with activists on a hunger strike in...
View Article>Obama visits activists fasting for immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has visited the activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration...
View ArticleObama visits activists fasting for immigration
President Barack Obama on Friday told activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration legislation that their "commitment to change" ultimately will help pressure lawmakers to act. On...
View ArticleUCC executive minister joins fast for immigration reform (United Church of...
(Source: United Church of Christ) UCC executive minister joins fast for immigration reform Written by Emily Schappacher December 4, 2013 President and Michelle Obama visit with the fasters on the...
View ArticleStill time to act on immigration reform
The cold, gray weather that has enveloped Texas and a swath of the nation is an apt metaphor for immigration reform prospects in Congress. As the days dwindle down on 2013, the Senate's immigration...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Hungry for passage of an immigration bill
WASHINGTON: As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes...
View ArticleMandela Tribute Fuels National Immigration Protests, Fasting and Vigils
It's a cold December evening on the Capitol Mall, but several dozen activists are staying warm in a large white tent set up to house the ever-growing number of activists calling for passage of the...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Hungry for reform
As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes before Reid's...
View ArticleMilbank: Fast fails to move GOP
WASHINGTON As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes...
View ArticleHungry for continuously stalled immigration reform
WASHINGTON — – As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes...
View ArticleImmigration activists are hungry for reform
As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes before Reid’s...
View ArticleMilbank: Immigration activists fast, Republicans still slow
As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes before Reid’s...
View ArticleImmigration activists — hungry for reform
As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes before Reid’s...
View ArticleLabor Leader Eliseo Medina on Fasting for Immigration Reform, Organizing...
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has finished its work for the year without passing comprehensive immigration reform. On Thursday, leaders from both parties promised to revisit the...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Republicans not hungry for immigration reform
WASHINGTON — As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday. But minutes...
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