Businesses close, children skip school for ‘a day without immigrants’ protest

Los Angeles Times ^ | Feb. 3, 2025 4:18 PM PT | Andrea Castillo, Malia Mendez, Cindy Carcamo and Gustavo Arellano

[E. Pluribus Unum]

• Teachers in various school districts reported empty, or nearly empty, classrooms.

• Some businesses closed in solidarity with the protest. Others curtailed operations for lack of staff.

In Southern California and across the country on Monday, dozens of businesses nationwide closed, schools reported lower attendance and families put off trips to the grocery store in observance of “A day without immigrants.”

The call to action, which began circulating on social media last week, encouraged immigrants to skip work, keep their children home from school and refrain from shopping Monday.

Businesses across the U.S. announced closures on social media. A quinceañera boutique in Omaha. A coffee shop in Salt Lake City. A used car lot in Baltimore. An accounting firm in Pasco, Wash.

Wendy Guardado, a Los Angeles activist who helped organize the action, said she had counted nearly 250 businesses nationwide that had closed in solidarity with the movement. Other establishments found themselves short of workers. At the Abbey Food & Bar, a popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in West Hollywood, the kitchen was closed due to a staffing shortage.

She said that Monday’s action was just the beginning, and that she heard many people could not afford to take a day off work with just a week’s notice.

“There is so much more coming,” Guardado said, “because there’s four years of Trump.”

Guardado said three teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District told her that their classrooms were empty Monday. Other district teachers told her that their classrooms were nearly empty.

LAUSD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Inglewood Unified School District said that it experienced “a higher-than-usual student absence” across schools. San Diego Unified School District Supt. Fabi Bagula noted that some students and families were participating in the protest, but did not specify now...

[ViLaLuz]

No one is against immigrants. We’re against ILLEGAL immigration.

[montag813]

Maybe American kids can finally learn something

[JusPasenThru]

The students aren’t missing much.

[Honorary Serb]

.....At the Abbey Food & Bar, a popular LGBTQ+ nightclub in West Hollywood, the kitchen was closed due to a staffing shortage......

Good! I hope it stays closed!

[cgbg]

They missed a day of leftist indoctrination and pervert teacher grooming.

This does not sound like a problem.

[CdMGuy]

So, the children who need to be educated the most, skipped a day of learning how to read, write and add. These are the same idiots who were protesting the deportation of illegal immigrants by flying lots of Mexican flags and burning American flags. If they love Mexico so much, they should simply drive two hours south and feel right at home. It is apparent they do not love America much as they have burned our flag.

[falcon99]

Ah, but it wasn’t a day without (illegal) immigrants in LA was it. Illegal immigrants and their supporters were out in force protesting and blocking highways thus violating the rights of Americans to go about their business in peace. So, F the illegal immigrants, our country can do just fine without them.

[Darksheare]

The last “Day without an illegal” they did all those years ago only had one tangible impact in my area.
The local Nathan’s hotdog/arthur treacher’s closed for good because nobody came in to work and everyone got fired.
I wasn’t in the local mall yesterday to see if there were any repeats.

[bankwalker]

a handful of examples in a country of 300 million ...

[linMcHlp]

Race, religion, color . . . I do not care.

Illegal aliens, BE GONE.

If you want to live in the U.S.A., get in line, and while waiting in line:

STUDY THE FOUNDATIONS OF LIMITING GOVERNMENT

You might straighten out the UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT MESS in your own country.

[blackdog]

Gimme dem slaves!

[Pirate Ragnar]

Traffic in LA is so much better without criminal aliens.

[Mustangman]

Please stop conflating illegal immigrants with legal immigrants. Please! You’re embarrassing yourself. We don’t play that game anymore.

If you are against deporting illegal immigrants I’ll assume you have your reasons and that they are in good faith. But, your argument isn’t to stop deporting illegal immigrants. Your argument is to increase legal immigration.

Make your case in the court of public opinion. You may lose. You may win. That’s how this great system works. And, it is a great one. You have the power. Use it.

But, the current immigration system is what it is and it should and will be enforced until it is changed by law. That’s also how our system works.

Onward!!

[married21]

A friend of mine teaches high school. Yesterday he reported that his class of 14 students had two in attendance. It’s a small class because it’s supposed to be a magnet program,for high achievers, ironically. The young man is in his first year of teaching, and it has been a real eye-opener.

[eyeamok]

NOBODY is targeting “immigrants”, ILLEGAL ALIENS that entered this country without authorization and those that remain without legal authorization are being targeted for Removal, and rightly so.

MY WIFE HAS A GREEN CARD THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO GET FOR HER

KISS MY ASS ON THE WAY BACK HOME

[neverevergiveup]

I don’t care Margaret.

[Ancesthntr]

How about do a day without ILLEGAL immigrants, instead. The crime rate will drop 80%.

[mmichaels1970]

Hadn’t noticed.

[Dave911]

Less indoctrination is a good thing.