Schools, shops, restaurants and businesses across US close for "Day without Immigrants"

From snowing Washington D.C. to sunny Los Angeles, many schools, shops, restaurants and businesses closed down across the country Thursday to hold "Day without Immigrants" protests against President Donald Trump's policies on immigration.


Immigrants around the US stayed home from work and school to demonstrate how important they are to America's economy, and many businesses closed in solidarity, in a nationwide protest called "Day without Immigrants."

The protests are against Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, plans to build a border wall between the country and Mexico, plans to strip federal funding from sanctuary cities, as well as his court-suspended executive order temporarily barring US entry to global refugees and immigrants from seven Mid East and North African countries, said organizers.

Meanwhile, the theme of "Day without Immigrants" is also aimed to underscore how much immigrants form the lifeblood of the US economy and social structure, said the organizers, who launched the campaign via social media, urging immigrants not to go to work, to avoid spending money and not send their children to school on Feb. 16.
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17/2/17