San Antonio businesses ranging from retailers to restaurants closed their doors Monday in observance of the nationwide protest dubbed a “Day Without Immigrants.”
Karolina’s Antiques, 1709 Blanco Road, was one such business. The shop told customers about the closure in a Sunday night Instagram post.
“Karolina’s is owned by immigrants, women, queer people, first generation Mexican Americans and we are not okay with everything happening right now in our country,” the post stated. Monday’s national strike meant no school, no work and no shopping for those who participated. “Immigrants don’t run America, but immigrants make America run,” a flyer for the national strike announced.
San Antonio-based online coffee retailer La Cafetera Coffee Co. is also taking part in the shutdown.
“As a coffee business we know the crucial work farm workers contribute,” La Cafetera said in a Monday morning Facebook post. “Right now, It’s citrus season in California and many fields are empty due to mass deportations of essential workers.”
Alamo City-based Boom Boom Cleaners also announced its closure for the day, MySA reports.
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This article appears in Jan 22 – Feb 4, 2025.
