NEWSMAX: …”The president and the first lady are visiting individuals taking part in ‘Fast For Families’ on the National Mall and offer their support for those who are fasting on behalf of immigration reform,” said a White House official who asked for anonymity…
Since Nov. 12, the immigrant rights activists, who have set up a tent a stone’s throw from the Capitol, have been on a hunger strike, urging the House of Representatives to vote for an immigration reform measure already approved by the Senate…
The Senate plan, crafted and approved with Republican support, would give some 11 million people living illegally in the country U.S. citizenship under strict conditions and after a minimum 13-year transitional period… (more)
