Day Without Immigrants protest strike closes some NYC businesses

Sme businesses successful New York City were closed Monday arsenic portion of A Day Without Immigrants, a nationwide protestation onslaught calling attraction to the relation immigrants play successful the U.S. economy.

Many stores on Port Richmond Ave. successful Staten Island were closed, including San Jeronimo Deli & Grocery, which had a agleam yellowish motion connected its rotation down gross announcing successful Spanish wherefore it would beryllium closed Monday.

“Joining with the telephone for peaceful protestation successful narration to the migration origin that has been taking spot successful the state and the summation successful the prices of Mexican products that volition impact some businesses and consumers,’ the motion reads. “Let’s unite for a day!”

Home Furnishings Depot, besides connected Port Richmond Ave., had a motion posted connected its closed gross speechmaking “Support the migrant community, agreed we volition ne'er beryllium defeated.”

Organizers of the protestation encouraged immigrants to forego work, buying and school.

“Let’s rise our voices for our rights and our families,” an Instagram station promoting the protestation reads.

The protestation comes against a backdrop of renewed ICE raids successful New York City and elsewhere successful the state since President Trump took bureau past month.