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'Day without immigrants' spurs N.J. store closures, work absences
Newark Star-Ledger ^ | February 16, 2017 | Karen Yi

Posted on 02/16/2017 4:20:58 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff

NEWARK -- Along parts of Ferry Street on Thursday, doors remained shuttered, chairs were stacked and newspapers left uncollected on doorsteps at restaurants and businesses.

Some had a message for passers-by: They were closed to support "A Day Without Immigrants," a national boycott meant to highlight the impact immigrants have on the economy.

Storefronts posted signs in English, Spanish and Portuguese that read "Nos unimos a un dia sin immigrantes, CLOSED!" or "We are joining the day without immigrants, CLOSED!"

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: aliens; ice; illegalaliens; illegalimmigrants; immigrants; nj
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To: Elsiejay

Yes that is the liberal view. The liberal view is that illegal aliens should be treated the same under the law as legal immigrants are.


21 posted on 02/16/2017 4:34:56 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

still haven’t seen or heard about any 7-11’s being closed.


22 posted on 02/16/2017 4:38:14 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Day without ILLEGAL immigrants.

Big nothing in Minnesota.


23 posted on 02/16/2017 4:39:18 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Who cares? Dial “Nine-Juan-Juan”.


24 posted on 02/16/2017 4:41:24 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

25 posted on 02/16/2017 4:43:16 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: FrankR

Sounds like labor union tactics. If he was telling the truth.


26 posted on 02/16/2017 4:45:44 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The traffic was very reasonable. What a nice change. Otherwise no impact. Can we have no immigrant day every day???


27 posted on 02/16/2017 4:48:29 PM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

But I work in Newark and I didn’t have trouble eating lunch today.


28 posted on 02/16/2017 4:50:58 PM PST by jr3000
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Oops I dialed Jose instead.


29 posted on 02/16/2017 4:52:00 PM PST by jr3000
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To: FrankR

Threatened by whom? Demoncrats or Illegals?


30 posted on 02/16/2017 4:52:58 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Gene Eric

Immigrants went to work. They aren’t worried about being deported.

Illegal aliens stayed home. And now their employers know who they are.


31 posted on 02/16/2017 5:01:51 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

You can’t tell anything from a day.

Let’s make it a year.

Don’t call us, we’ll call you.


32 posted on 02/16/2017 5:04:23 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) tweeted that Senators couldn't get coffee because one of the Capitol Hill restaurants was closed. "Today, Capitol Hill staffers got a real dosage of what it is not to have immigrants serving them," Menendez said in a Twitter video.

LOL! Hell's Bells! So sorry to see Menendez "inconvenienced".

33 posted on 02/16/2017 5:08:29 PM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: jr3000

Jose, can you see.........


34 posted on 02/16/2017 5:08:57 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

my day today, unscathed. hopefully less illegals driving on the roads, safer for actual citizens.


35 posted on 02/16/2017 5:12:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

ICE needs to meet them when stores open tomorrow.


36 posted on 02/16/2017 5:13:53 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Gene Eric

They should really teach us a lesson and return back where they came from. That’ll show us!


37 posted on 02/16/2017 5:26:01 PM PST by Zirondelle ("disce aut discede")
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To: VeniVidiVici

Does he mean that there are illegals working in the US Capitol?


38 posted on 02/16/2017 5:52:35 PM PST by fluorescence
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To: FrankR

Here is the real truth of the matter, these people were threatened with retaliation if they showed up for work. I really hope AG Sessions is staffing up to take care of these matters.


39 posted on 02/16/2017 5:59:41 PM PST by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

They had to dig deep to find this example of “harm” caused by the illegal walkout.


40 posted on 02/16/2017 6:09:36 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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