Fast for Families Announces "Fast for Families Across America" ...back >
Jan. 27, 2014 - Fast for Families, a coalition of faith, immigrant, labor and civil rights groups which is pushing Congress "to enact commonsense immigration reform with a path to citizenship," announced that it will be taking its campaign to more than 100 congressional districts in the coming months.  In November and December some members of Fast for Families fasted for 22 days out of a tent on the National Mall, drawing visits from members of Congress and even President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.  Participating in the announcement were Rev. Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, Eliseo Medina, former Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU, Rev. John McCullough, president and CEO of Church World Service, Dae Joon Yoon, executive director of NAKASEC and Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner, co-chair of the National African America Clergy Network; Father Mike Pucke of St. Julie's Billiart Catholic Parish in Hamilton, Ohio, joined via internet livestream.  Reflecting back to 2012 when the self-deportation was discussed, Medina said, "We've come a long way."  "If they [the House] call a vote, we will have immigration reform this year," he said.  Wallis said politicians typically hold their fingers to the wind.  "You change the wind, [and] it's remarkable how quickly they change," he said.  "We are a wind-changing group." 
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