Washington : Five activists are four days into a hunger strike at a camp set up near the US Capitol to put pressure on legislators to pass immigration reform in the US.
Meanwhile others around the country are joining in - activists are also mounting hunger strikes in New York, Philadelphia and Fresno, California, according to the coalition of groups calling for reform.
The organisers, which include CASA in Action and America's Voice as well as religious and union groups, say that in the coming weeks Omaha, Nebraska, and Phoenix will have their own hunger strikes.
At the same time, daily demonstrations are being organised in which activists go into the streets to raise awareness among the people about the urgency of immigration reform.
