A Day Without Immigrants
Chronicle Media Staff — February 22, 2017
The parking lot at Supermercados el Guero near downtown Aurora (above) is empty while Supermercados Carrera (below) on Aurora’s West Side is also with out customers last Thursday while a sign on the door explains the closures in support of a Day Without Immigrants. (Photos by Jack McCarthy / Chronicle Media)[Text Wrapping Break]
Selected stores, restaurants and services in Aurora and other communities were shut down last Thursday as part of a “Day Without Immigrants” event. Advocates of the nationwide shutdown sought to draw attention to the impact of immigrants to the economy and society. Marches and gatherings were all held in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities to also protest the new Trump Administration’s crackdown in immigration.
