Monday, June 28, 2010
One of the hunger strikers is hospitalized; fellowship service is still on for 8 tonight
- Loida, at right in this photo from Day 6, was hospitalized last night. Rosario is at left.
One of the three young women on a hunger strike for immigration reform was hospitalized last night, apparently due to heat stroke. (Update: Just before noon, WRAL reported that Loida was treated and released from the hospital and is resting at home.) A fellowship event scheduled for 8 pm tonight — Monday — will go on as scheduled at their encampment. It's at the southeast corner of Lane and Wilmington Streets in Raleigh, very close to the Legislative Office Building.
An announcement came in today from the N.C. Justice Center:
Hunger Striker Hospitalized
Announcements about the strike will be made tonight at 8 p.m.RALEIGH (June 28) — Loida, one of three women on a hunger strike until Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) co-sponsors the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was hospitalized last night after suffering what appeared to be a heat stroke.
Several supporters were among her when she fell ill. Friends and family are with her at this time. While we cannot offer specifics to the press this morning, a full update will be given this evening at 8:00PM at the campsite, located at the intersection of Wilmington Street and Lane Street in downtown Raleigh.
The NC DREAM Team, composed of the hunger strikers and their immediate supporters, had previously scheduled a fellowship event open to the public at the campsite for 8 p.m. Some of this time will now be devoted to updating press and all concerned community members about Loida’s situation and everything that has happened with the hunger strike thus far. We will still be accepting visitors to the campsite.
Any major announcements about the strike will be made tonight.
Efforts to schedule a meeting with the senator have not been successful. Last week, Senator Hagan announced that she would not support the DREAM Act, but it is unclear if she opposes it simply as a stand-alone bill or even if it were included as part of a broader immigration reform measure.
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Undocumented immigrants pay taxes as well (look up ITIN) and they are also paying for social security but will never get that benefit. If you do a little research and not only go for what the main stream media is saying about undocumented immigrants you will find out that overall they help the economy. But get your facts from valid resources; research articles and valid statistics, then you will understand this complex issue. However, if you let hate blind you then you will never see the truth... A heart full of hate never reaches happiness....
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I would like to express my respect for the poor immigrant mothers who only want the best for their children. I also hope for the rapid recovery of the poor lady who is hospitalized.
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