Posted on 07/02/2010 1:01:51 PM PDT by Libloather
Illegal immigrants end hunger strike after one gets ill
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Modified Tue, Jun 29, 2010 03:17 PM
RALEIGH -- Citing safety reasons, three young women who are in the country illegally announced Monday that they're ending the hunger strike they started in downtown Raleigh two weeks ago.
The women had started the hunger strike June 14 in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat, to back a bill that would allow illegal immigrants like them who were brought to this country as children a chance to be permanent residents. They said they're ending the strike because of the heat that caused one woman to be hospitalized and a threat from a known sexual predator who they said had contacted them.
"Our hunger strike is over but the fight continues," said Viridiana Martinez, 23, one of the other hunger strikers, at a rally Monday that drew more than 70 supporters. The woman have been conducting their hunger strike from tents on state land near the N.C. State Archives where they have subsisted on water, Pedialyte and Gatorade in the blistering heat.
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I have no real problem having a path to citizenship for current illegals as long as they meet these criteria. We simply cannot deport or even find millions of people
1. No criminal activity, even minor offenses
2. Have a real tax paying job
3. No diseases or mental illness
4. Read and converse in English at an 8th grade level
5. ABSOLUTELY no benefits at all. NONE
6. Green card until they pass citizen class
7. Cannot vote until you are a citizen
8. Three years to become citizen or you are deported.
All this only after the border is secured to keep the hordes from over running us
Yes, we should help them with their hunger strike by not letting any illegals have food until they are safely back on their home soil.
Ping!
Agree 100%. Since I didn’t get scortched to dust, I’d guess most conservatives would be OK with that plan. But as you said, AFTER the border is secured.
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