newspaper didn't mention the local impact on
businesses, but did report 27% of the students
absent from school. With a fifth to a quarter of
the town recently arrived from Mexico, it'll show
up if they skip work.
http://www.timesrepublican.com/
A Day Without Immigrants: School hit hard with high number of students absent
By KEN BLACK
The event called "A Day Without Immigrants," which took place Monday, hit the
Marshalltown Community School District hard, with 27 percent of the student population,
district wide, absent.
MCSD spokesperson Donna Walker confirmed that 1,357 students were reported absent
between all the schools. The number is significantly higher than what the district would
experience on a normal day, she said.
Though Walker said she could not officially state a reason for the high number of
absences, students staying home from school is a part of the "Day Without Immigrants"
campaign.
--- MDixon6569 wrote:
>
> I watched the same report on NBC followed by their affiliate in Houston for
> local coverage, Both were very positive for the Illegal cause and both were
> able to "cherry pick" a business or two where the owners either shut down or a
> large percentage of workers failed to show up. But only an estimated 1
> million illegal workers actually went on strike and demonstrated nation wide.
> Evidently the other 11 million either worked or just took the day off. It didn't
> seem to have the effect the organizers hoped for, shutting down cities and
> striking fear into the hearts of American business owners. It appears to me the
> businesses they hurt, if any, were mainly business that served the Hispanic
> community.
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