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Parents lash out as daycare closes in support of immigration strike
The Sacramento Bee ^ | February 16th, 2017 | By Liz Farrell, Mandy Matney

Posted on 02/16/2017 4:27:31 PM PST by Mariner

BLUFFTON, S.C.- Lauren Malphrus pulled up to the Little Steps Daycare and Preschool in Bluffton around 7:30 a.m. Thursday with her 3-year-old son, Asa, and saw that the windows were darkened.

Confused, she turned back to her car, and soon found that the daycare had closed for the day in support of “A Day Without Immigrants,” a national strike in which immigrants are boycotting work, school and businesses in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration stance and in an effort to show their economic influence in the community.

“Why didn’t they tell me?” she asked loudly. “Why didn’t they call the parents? I’ve got to go to work!”

Malphrus, who was visibly upset, instructed Asa to get in the car and called Asa’s father, hoping he could take their son so she could go to work at J&R Ice Cream Co.

“So it’s closed,” she told him. “And I had no clue until I got here this morning. ... This is so ridiculous. So ridiculous.”

Little Steps, a bilingual daycare, made the closing announcement on its Facebook page Wednesday night as a part of “A Day Without Immigrants” campaign.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; illegalalien; illegals; southcarolina
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To: mom4melody

Not an argument.

A few exceptions are meaningless as a response to the statistics.

Daycare causes criminality.


61 posted on 02/17/2017 2:08:54 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Mariner

BFD


62 posted on 02/17/2017 11:57:33 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (There will come a time when those screaming Fascists are in fact the actual Facists. W Churchill)
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