An unknown number of
NYC bodegas have been closed this afternoon (until 8 p.m.)
as part of a protest against President Trump's
executive order banning all refugees as well as immigrants from
seven majority Muslim countries. Owners and some employees of the delis, many
of them operated by Yemeni-Americans, have gathered outside Brooklyn Borough
Hall, where they prayed together and shared their collective outrage over the
Trump administration's travel ban.
The scene here outside Brooklyn Borough Hall. Probably 1,000+ people here
protesting Trump. #BodegaStrike #NoBanNoWall # pic.twitter.com/McQQu5MyxJ
— Benjamin Fang
(@benfangBQE) February 2, 2017
Hundreds of Yemeni bodega owners and workers praying outside Borough Hall pic.twitter.com/uzY5Wm1pz3
— Lauren Gill
(@laurenk_gill) February 2, 2017
Message from the Yemeni American rally against #MuslimBan in
NYC pic.twitter.com/xz5WrL52KW
— Rozina Ali
(@rozina_ali) February 2, 2017
Yemeni-Americans, Brooklyn Borough Hall rn #BodegaStrike pic.twitter.com/pMY782FtIo
— Peter Jacobson
(@PeteAJ) February 2, 2017
Thousands are at #Brooklyn Borough
Hall to pray, to protest, to be #patriotic.
These are the faces of #MyMuslimNeighbor.
We #UnifyANDDefy. pic.twitter.com/H3F4ESWCmc
— Eric Adams
(@BPEricAdams) February 2, 2017
The protesters have
been chanting, "No ban! No wall! U.S.A. for all!"
"We're trying
to send the message that we are part of this community, we are part of this
country, and we put in work just like everybody else," downtown Brooklyn
deli worker Salim Alnemari told us this morning before
joining the strike. "We pay taxes. We are trying to say we are needed
here, like everybody else."
The rally was not
scheduled to start until 5 p.m., but it seems that many protesters arrived
early. Follow reporter Emma Whitford for updates; she'll have a full
report Friday morning.
Multigen from bayside, dad reminds trump Islam "means peace" #BodegaStrikepic.twitter.com/tOL48qjTrI
— Emma Whitford
(@emma_a_whitford) February 2, 2017
*gothamist*
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