Businesses close as immigrants stay home to protest Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



Thu Feb 16, 2017 | 11:11am EST

By Joseph Ax | NEW YORK

Dozens of restaurants, bars and other businesses in cities around the United States shut their doors on Thursday to show support for "A Day Without Immigrants," a walkout aimed at protesting President Donald Trump's policies.

Activists called on immigrants to stay home from work, avoid shopping and eating out and skip classes in an effort to highlight the vital role they play in U.S. society.

The protest was prompted by Trump's vows to crack down on illegal immigration and his executive order, which was put on hold by federal courts, that temporarily banned travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. Immigrant rights' groups expressed alarm after federal raids last week in which more than 680 people illegally in the country were arrested.

Many Restaurants, which often depend heavily on immigrant staff, closed for the day in cities including Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-protest-idUSKBN15V19M

[Kittycow]

1. I don't think the deplorables will care.

It might open a few eyes but I think that the agriculture industry would have to come to a complete stop and stay that way for a while to be effective. But then migrant workers would lose their income.

[Aristus]

2. Show 'em how!

[riversedge]

3. Kand REC