According to a recent poll from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute , at least 73 % of Democrats and 60 % of Republicans support such a measure . People fasting in D.C. to protest inaction on immigration reform with path to citizenship . `` Fast for Families '' participants have gone about two weeks surviving only on water . Sally Kohn : " The fast is a way of protesting the Trump administration's policy that has led to families being separated at the border and children detained indefinitely without their parents or guardians able to see them. Kohn : But the holdup is House Speaker John Boehner refusing to bring reform to a vote .
People fasting in D.C. to protest inaction on immigration reform with path to citizenship . `` Fast for Families '' participants have gone about two weeks surviving only on water . Sally Kohn : " The fast is a way of protesting the Trump administration's policy that has led to families being separated at the border and children detained indefinitely without their parents or guardians able to see them. Kohn : But the holdup is House Speaker John Boehner refusing to bring reform to a vote .