wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote:
> >
> > Was anybody on the list affected by the illegal's boycott
> yesterday? I
> > personally noticed far less traffic on the road, almost like a
> Sunday morning
> > and noticed one Barbeque business that employees nearly 100%
> Hispanics closed.
> > Other than that, the day was rather uneventful here in Tomball
> Texas, (twenty
> > miles northwest of Houston).
> >
> Yes, it looks like the impact to the criminals who employ all of
> the illegal immigrants were barely affected. Too bad.
FWIW, most of NBC Nightly News last night was devoted
to the strike. Overall the coverage was quite positive.
A portion of the transcript dealing specifically with the
strike aspect:
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DON TEAGUE, NBC CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At workplaces
across the nation, the financial cost of A Day Without Immigrants hit
home.
For Malone Food Stores, a small grocery chain in Dallas,
closing today meant $300,000 in lost sales.
RICK GOMEZ, MALONE FOOD STORES: It's a little bit of a
financial bite.
TEAGUE: But Rick Gomez says it's a bite his business is
willing to take. Ninety-five percent of his workforce, and most of
his customers, are Hispanic.
GOMEZ: It is vital, in our opinion, to support the
customers, and the employees, and their extended families.
TEAGUE: Gomez chose to shut down. But in Florida, vegetable
farmer Arturo de Leon had no choice, and no workers to pick crops.
ARTURO DE LEON, VEGETABLE FARMER: And without them, we can't
do it. We just can't do it.
TEAGUE (on camera): Immigrants stayed away from thousands of
job sites nationwide. Here in Dallas, only a handful of workers even
showed up at this construction site.
(voice-over): But not all immigrants agree with the
protests. Just across the street, Nizar Ali and his employees are on
the job.
NIZAR ALI: We are open today for the business.
TEAGUE: Proving the point that there's a legal process for
immigrating, and working.
ALI: Yes, you have to work, otherwise you can't get money,
you know.
TEAGUE: Still, this much is certain. Millions of immigrants
flexed their muscle today.
At ports in Southern California, 90 percent of the truckers
needed to move cargo didn't show up.
For driver Jose Munoz, mowing his lawn instead of working,
those idle big rigs are a warning.
JOSE MUNOZ, TRUCKER: It's going to be just one day, and if
things don't change or nothing, it'll probably be more days.
TEAGUE: Days that immigrant workers claim American
businesses can't afford.
Don Teague, NBC News, Dallas.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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