An article by Kenneth Kim written for the New American Media describes a unified call for immigration reform by the Korean and Mexican communities.
”With the candidates focusing on the ailing economy, the Iraq war and health care, many immigrants fear that the new administration would be less likely to come up with a proposal any time soon to overhaul the immigration laws.
“If we don’t start mobilizing now, legalization will not happen soon,” said Jean Carlo Araya, a 26-year-old cook.
Like those who marched the streets of U.S. cities in 2006 to demand immigration reform, the majority of those participating in the hunger strike is Latino. But they have the strong support of other ethnic communities, faith-based groups and labor unions. The Korean American Resources Center in Los Angeles, for example, informed local Korean-language media about the hunger strike."
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