Hundreds of workers stayed home for Day Without Immigrants [Video]

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Hundreds of people in the Chicago area stayed home from work on Monday as part of a nation-wide protest.

Hundreds march in West Chicago, protesting the Trump administration. The large group marched from the corner of Rt. 59 and Roosevelt Road to West Chicago City Hall to protest the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“We don’t like ICE in the neighborhood, in West Chicago,” said. Gabriella Hernandez with the nonprofit Casa DuPage.

Hernandez said within the past couple of days, ICE agents have been spotted in West Chicago.

She and many others are staying home from work to protest, as part of a national movement called “Day Without Immigrants.”

“The principal point is to send a message to the new administration. We’re staying here, we don’t move. The Latina community is organizing because we don’t feel fair.”

President and CEO of the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, …