The “Day Without Immigrants” From A Legal Immigrant Perspective
avatar By PAWEL STYRNA February 24, 2022 No Comments
In spite of being an immigrant, my first reaction to the so-called “Day Without Immigrants” protest/boycott – which encourages the foreign-born not to attend school, go to work, or spend money on that day – usually consists of eye-rolling. That’s not because I’m a “self-hating immigrant.” I’m most certainly not. Rather, it is because the Day Without Immigrants is a divisive publicity stunt designed to misleadingly lump illegal aliens in with legal immigrants and push for amnesty – which is harmful to legal immigrants as much as to native-born Americans.
The Day Without Immigrants is not new. The name was influenced by the satirical movie A Day Without a Mexican (2004), in which all Mexicans in California suddenly disappear, leading to the rapid implosion of the state and its society and economy. Back in 2006, the first Day Without Immigrants took place on May 1 – which happened to be socialist International Workers Day – and was part of a major pressure campaign for amnesty. Not many people noticed. In 2017, the Day Without Immigrants took place in February and was primarily a protest against former President Trump and his immigration policies. Even fewer noticed.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2022/02/24/day-without-immigrants-protest-immigrationreform-com/
