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Immigrant of the Day: Satendar Singh

By immigrationprof

Singh Satendar Singh, a 26-year-old immigrant from Fiji, recently died after being punched at Lake Natoma near Sacramento on July 1. Singh was picnicking with friends of Fijian and Indian descent.

According to friends of Singh’s who were there, a group of Russian-speaking men and women hassled them throughout the day. That evening, about six men from the group picked a fight, Singh’s friends said. Singh was struck once, fell and hit his head. No one else was injured.

Hundreds of supporters (here) met on Sunday at the West Coast Diversity Summit in Sacramento in hopes of bringing grass-roots groups together against the hate they blame in the death of the young Fijian immigrant.   California State Senator Darrell Steinberg (here) penned a nice op/ed on the community response to the sad death.

KJ