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Metro Atlanta businesses close for 'Day Without Immigrants' protest

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Published  February 3, 2025 7:56pm EST
Immigration
FOX 5 Atlanta
Georgia's 'Day Without Immigrants'

Georgia's 'Day Without Immigrants'

A couple dozen people took part in the "Day Without Immigrants" protest in downtown Carrolton amid ICE raids and deportations. Several restaurants around metro Atlanta also closed Monday to support the Hispanic community.

The Brief

    • Several metro Atlanta restaurants closed Monday in support of the Hispanic community.
    • The closures are meant to draw attention to the impact the immigrant community has across the country.
    • The effort started as a social media campaign that quickly grew.
    • Both El Indio Restaurant and Taqueria and Tacos La Villa closed all of their locations on Monday in support of the effort.

Several metro Atlanta restaurants closed Monday in support of the Hispanic community for a "Day Without Immigrants."

What they're saying:

"We just wanted to support our immigrant community. Being a daughter of immigrants is very important to us," Debra Flores Sanches, owner of Lawrenceville's El Indio Restaurant & Taqueria, explained.

"We just want this opportunity for other hardworking immigrants to come to this country and, you know, do the right thing," she added. "Just to let them know that, you know, we have their backs."

She says many people are scared following the recent ICE arrests across the country, and she wanted to make sure the Hispanic community felt supported.

"We have never seen our community is scared to go out and eat, to go out and work," she said.

The Source: This article was written by FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Kim Leoffler using interviews she conducted with Debra Flores Sanches, the owner of El Indio Restaurant & Taqueria in Lawrenceville.

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