Undocumented Students Stage Hunger Strike for DREAM Act

By Elizabeth Llorente

Published November 23, 2010

Undocumented students push for DREAM Act at Sunday rally in Brooklyn

Elizabeth Llorente/Fox News Latino

Undocumented students push for DREAM Act at Sunday rally in Brooklyn

Undocumented students across the country are staging hunger strikes to press for the passage of the DREAM Act, a measure that would give them a shot at U.S. citizenship.

The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote on the bill for Monday, and the feeling on all sides of the issue is that – with Republicans taking control of the House in January – if the DREAM Act doesn’t pass in the lame-duck session, it will be a long time before it gets another shot.

“We’re giving up our health and body for the DREAM Act,â€