The Latin Americanist
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Lawyers representing over 600 children of immigrant parents filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration.
In a press conference held yesterday, representatives for pro-immigrant group American Fraternity claimed that they filed the lawsuit in order to halt the deportations of undocumented parents. “Children continue to suffer by being separated from their parents because of deportations that the President may be able to suspend”, said the executive director of the organization.
It’s been reported that the children represented in the lawsuit are all U.S. citizens and most are of Latino background. Two of them-whose parents were originally from Nicaragua- have even taken the extreme measure of going on a hunger strike:
Cecia Sosa, 12, and her brother Ronald, 9, said Tuesday they had initiated a hunger strike to prevent their mother from being deported on the scheduled date, which is (on Wednesday).
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