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Jim Serowski knew his employees planned to skip work last Thursday. They told him they wanted to participate in "A Day Without Immigrants," the nationwide day of protest. Serowski, founder of JVS Masonry in Commerce City, Colorado, said his position to them was clear: "If you're going to stand up for what you believe in, you have to be willing to pay the price." When Serowski's foreman and some 30 bricklayers failed to show up for work, he fired them all with no regrets, he said. Protesters march Thursday during protests in Austin, Texas. Protesters march Thursday during protests in Austin, Texas. People skipped work and businesses closed on Thursday to demonstrate immigrants' combined contribution to the nation's economy in the face of President Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration. Many simply went back to work Friday.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/us/workers-fired-day-without-immigrants/
This demonstration took a lot of bravery and passion to participate in and here shows why many people were hesitant because they could loose their jobs. But even though they could risk that many thought it was too of an important cause not to.
Issues of morality and ethics aside, how law makers fail to understand the logistical problems of deporting our immigrants is beyond me. When high school students have more insight into how our government works than our elected officials, you know there is a problem.
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