President of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference Going on 40 Day Hunger Strike Over Immigration Reform
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One of the nation's most prominent Latino religious leaders is planning to go on a 40-day hunger strike on Monday to press Congress to act on immigration reform.
Samuel Rodriguez, who is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), the nation's largest Christian Hispanic organization, representing more than 40,000 churches, said he would consider extending the hunger strike beyond 40 days.
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