Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Immigration rallies but no boycott

Although on NPR this morning there was much talk of boycotts, the NYT does a good job of explaining that no boycott materialized. In fact, in Charlotte a number of Latino businesses closed as their owners participated in rallies, so the economic impact may have been felt largely within the Latino community itself. Ultimately, nationwide the day was similar to the previous rallies, meaning there was minimal economic disruption, but a large number of people participating peacefully. As a result, my guess is that there will be little or no backlash.

Now we get to wait and see what happens in Congress. To what degree will these public displays influence policy?

4 comments:

Anonymous,  11:58 AM  

I visited about 5 restaurants yesterday in Palo Alto that were shut down, and only one of them was a Mexican restaurant. So there was a significant impact to the restaurant business, at least out here.

Greg Weeks 4:24 PM  

So far, I haven't heard about major economic effects, but maybe it'll take a few days to figure out. I don't have any personal anecdotes to add, since my day was spent mostly grading and going to/from preschool (where there are no Latino employees).

Camilo Pino 2:55 PM  

In Miami the impact was minimum. Some business closed and the construction sector had a slow day but no major effects.

Greg Weeks 3:54 PM  

Which raises an interesting question--are Cuban Americans part of this movement at all? Unlike all other Latin Americans, Cubans are legal if they reach U.S. land.

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