Many San Diegans stayed home from work and school Monday to support the nationwide Day Without Immigrants protest.
“If we had a normal day,” said Cisco Sanchez while walking around an abandoned Escondido Auto Super Center. “you’d have mechanics out there. You’ve had lot a of porters washing the cars.”
Sanchez is the sales manager at the dealership, which typically only closes on Christmas and Thanksgiving. No one showed up Monday. Sanchez was only there because NBC 7 asked for an interview.
“It’s definitely going to hurt us,” Sanchez said. “We’re a small business — every single sale counts, but I think that we need to show them that it’s not about the money and it’s about them.”
Sanchez said most of the employees wanted to support A Day Without Immigrants. The dealership owners ended up supporting the employees by still paying them a full day’s wage.
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