Businesses across Tucson gathered Thursday to announce their participation in what organizers are calling a “National Shutdown” on Friday, January 30, to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in their communities.
The business owners held a press conference to encourage other businesses to join the movement, which, according to the National Shutdown’s website, calls for “no work, no school, no shopping, stop funding ICE.”
For Yolia Botanica owner Lupita Zepeda, ICE’s actions toward the undocumented community hit close to home…