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Dozens Fired for Participating in “Day Without Immigrants”

HeadlineFeb 22, 2017

Last Thursday, thousands of immigrants closed their businesses, refused to go to work and kept their children home from school for a “Day Without Immigrants” protest in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Detroit, Raleigh, Austin and other cities. Media reports now say as many as 100 immigrants lost their jobs after taking part in the protests, including construction and restaurant workers. The owner of JVS Masonry in Commerce City, Colorado, fired 30 bricklayers, even though they had told their boss ahead of time that they planned to skip work to participate in the protests. We’ll have more on the Department of Homeland Security memos after headlines.

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