Their bodies were weak. But their spirits were strong.Dozens of Fast For Our Future hunger strikers, including Neidi Dominquez, 21, of Pasadena, today celebrated the end of an immigration rights fast that ran from Oct. 15 through Election Day. They marched from Olvera Street, where many had camped out in tents, to downtown L.A.'s Federal Building, where hundreds of immigrants face deportation.
Beginning on Oct. 15, more than 400 people of all ages, ethnic and religious backgrounds participated in one of the largest hunger strikes in America's history. Some fasted for one day. Twelve fasted on water continuously for 21 days. Neidi fasted for four days.
And while the fast is over, the fight is not.
The group still actively seeks at least 1 million people to sign their pledge for immigration reform. Neidi hopes those supporters include Pasadena City Councilmember Victor Gordo. She plans to bring the cause to his attention in the hopes that the Pasadena City Council will pass a resolution, similar to one backed by the L.A. City Council last Friday.
Monica
7 comments:
Give me a friggin' break. They're not fasting for immigrant rights, they're fasting for ILLEGAL immigrant rights so the illegal border jumpers can get in the front of the line and snatch the rights of legal immigrants who have earned them the honest way. This makes me sick.
Millions of Americans are losing their jobs in this economy. More will in the future. This period doesn't strike me as a good time to be offering jobs to illegal foreigners.
In fact, it may turn out Americans themselves will have to visit foreign lands in search of a job. This time we gotta help those in our family 1st.
cafe observer and pasadena closet conservative,
thank you for your comments and concerns on an issue many have strong opinions about. Actually, studies(reported in New York Times, Los Angeles Times, among other publications) showed:
1) the influx of immigrants--legal and undocumented--contributed to a a 4 percent increase in the wages of the average American worker(Source: UC Davis, Giovanni Peri).
2) no evidence that immigrants had displaced American workers with the same education in the state's job market.
This Los Angeles Times story cites these studies and weighs arguments on both sides:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/feb/28/local/me-immigstudy28
M: I dunno who did those studies, or if some pharmaceutical corp or advertiser paid-off the researcher. However, even if true, that is probably an obsolete study in the sunset of this economy.
If they contribute to our economy -great. But, I hear this year a reverse immigration may have begun.
How's de newspaper industry doing?
The times they are a changin'.
Refuting the myths of immigration's impact is a futile effort. People cling to their "horse sense" beliefs despite all the obnoxious "facts" disproving them. And yes, they cling bitterly! :D
I can see how The White Man will scape-goat my people yet again in regards to job loss. Blame the Brown Man. I wonder, how many white people would take jobs picking fruit? I'd say it works out pretty good. Let my people work! :) Doesn't anyone read The Statue of Liberty anymore?
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