i'm a supporter too, i did not stay off work though.

but my commute to and from the 'burbs for my non-union construction job was nice and not jammed up. that was nice.

a day without immigrants means a lot more work for the rest of us too though. i think there will be some backlash from this in terms of people realizing just how huge of an issue this is. if they make a couple million people leave the country and start a legal process (which is what the compromise is shaping up to do), that will open up a lot of jobs for natural citizens, and that will be a rallying point for that cause.

don't even start with the bullshit propaganda about immigrants are the only workforce and american are lazy and don't want to work. the issue has to be dealt with honestly, or else it's just another political scam.

if it's dealt with honestly, more will get done. if it becomes a polarizing tit for tat with stereotypes and insults, than it will be more of a cluster than it already is.

working people, natural and immigrant, have to find their areas of agreement, and there definitely are those areas. like health care and education. if we can get a decent health system out of this for EVERYONE, not just immigrants, than that will be something natural citizens will see as worth supporting.

if we continue to ignore the poor and working class natural citizens in all of this, it will just drive them into the right wing.

all of the organizing for programs and health care for immigrants has to be expanded into the working class as a whole, which means racialness and legal status has to take a back seat to principle.

i'm not sure i see a lot of desire for that type of direction in this movement that's happening. so i figure it's just going to be a lot of the same bullshit we already have.