Activist to try hunger strike over anti-migrant laws

Beth Duckett
The Arizona Republic
Jan. 27, 2007 12:00 AM

A Phoenix immigration reformist has staged a new platform to protest against the state's mounting anti-immigration sentiment.

And his method of expression is likely to catch some attention.

Elias Bermudez, president of the Immigrants Without Borders group in Phoenix, is going on a hunger strike for seven days to express his frustration with state anti-immigration laws and deportations and push for a federal immigration reform.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office in Arizona will continue to enforce the law despite anti-immigration advocates like Bermudez, spokeswoman Lauren Mack said.

Bermudez and his followers hope the government can step up and find alternatives to dealing with immigration issues. Namely, they want Congress to approve an immigration reform that would legalize million of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

They want from the U.S. what their own governments would not give to others. In fact, in Mexico, you cannot even stage a protest if you are not a citizen. They will thrown you in jail and it is not a jail with heat and A/C or cable and computers. One prison on the border in Mexico was built to house 800 men but has a current population of 1700! -mm