New Orleans business owners who recently participated in a nationwide protest against recent federal immigration crackdowns were not deterred by anonymous letters sent to them this week that called for violence on their shops and restaurants.
Restaurants and other businesses across the U.S. participated in the “ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action” last Friday by closing for the day, donating portions of their sales to mutual-aid efforts or giving away food and services. The protest, organized by the national group 50501, followed the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and was aimed at opposing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that sent Border Patrol into cities across the U.S., including in New Orleans.
More than a dozen local establishments offered specials and donated some proceeds that day to various non-profits supporting immigrants or Hispanic communities…