New Activists Continue Fast for Immigration Reform
At USA Today, Erin Kelly reports on the end of the 22-day fast by four immigrant rights activists, and their replacement by eight others who promised to continue the fast. The four activists have spent over three weeks in a tent across the U.S. Capitol consuming nothing but water in an effort to persuade Congress to pass immigration reform. The activists who will continue the fast include Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Bernice King, daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.