Earlier this week, first lady Michelle Obama tweeted her support for the fasting immigration protesters on the National Mall, saying, “We’re with you.”
Today, the first lady and her husband met with the protesters in person to show their support. The Fast for Families activists have gathered in a tent near the U.S. Capitol for more than two weeks, demanding that Congress approve amnesty and eventual citizenship for immigrants who are residing in the U.S. illegally.
NEW PIC: Pres. Obama & First Lady speaking now to fasting immigration reform protesters @ National Mall @sahilkapur pic.twitter.com/NztOqURY3K
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) November 29, 2013
RT @fast4families President Obama, @FLOTUS & the fasters today: "it's not a matter of if, but of when" #Fast4Families pic.twitter.com/lOQW2VIQVQ
— La Casa Blanca NARA (@LaCasaBlanca44) November 29, 2013
The president was heckled in San Francisco earlier this week by a young man who repeatedly shouted, “Stop deportation.” The President has long made his interest in passing amnesty known, telling Telemundo on immigration that “I’m not a king” and telling a questioner on a Google+ Hangout, “I’m president, not emperor.” In other words, blame Congress.
What did the president have to say to the fasters?
.@BarackObama "it is not a question of whether immigration reform will pass, but how soon" #Fast4Families pic.twitter.com/UQAoDjiuEr
— iAmerica (@iAmericaorg) November 29, 2013
Obama tells #fastforfamilies on Nation Mall it's not if #immigration reform will pass, but "how soon," per pool.
— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) November 29, 2013
The Obamas are a bit late in visiting the tent. Rep. Nancy Pelosi shared a prayer with the fasters two weeks ago.
Joined in prayer with courageous fasters who are in the fight to pass #immigration reform: #Fast4Families pic.twitter.com/bL8wZANFZv
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 15, 2013
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