Protesters hold ‘Day Without Immigrants’ marches across America to convince President Trump that foreign-born workers are vital to the economy
Organizers of the nationwide boycott expect thousands of people to participate or show solidarity with immigrant workers
In Washington DC, four dozen restaurants are shutting down for the day to protest Trump’s tough stance on immigration
In New York, owners of the Blue Ribbon restaurant chain are closing several eateries
Undocumented immigrants made up 9 per cent of employees in the hotel and restaurant industry in 2014
Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Massachusetts is removing or covering up all artwork created or given by immigrants
Protests come after a series of raids last week in which more than 680 people living illegally in the country were rounded up
DailyMail.com
16 February 2017
Immigrants across the country are staying home from school, skipping work and putting off shopping trips today to show how vital they are to the US economy and way of life.
‘A Day Without Immigrants’ protests are planned in major cities including Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Houston, Chicago and New York. The movement gained momentum on social media and by word of mouth.
It comes in response to President Donald Trump, whose administration has pledged to increase the deportation of immigrants living in the country illegally.
Trump campaigned on building a wall along the US-Mexico border, and blamed high unemployment on immigration. As president, he’s called for a ban, since suspended by a federal judge, on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from coming into the US.
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