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DC Restaurants Close In Immigrant Solidarity Show

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From burger joints to fine eateries, dozens of Washington restaurants shut down Thursday to protest President Donald Trump’s treatment of immigrants. They did so out of solidarity with the largely low-earning people who staff them or because not enough workers turned up — all part of a nationwide protest called “A Day Without Immigrants,” designed … Read more

“It Would Be Huge”: U.S. Border Town Confronts Possible Import Tax

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For up to 16 hours a day, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and mangoes grown in Mexico flow north through a border checkpoint into Nogales, Arizona, helping to ensure a year-round supply of fresh produce across the United States. This is a city built on cross-border trade. Each year, some 330,000 trucks and 75,000 train cars carrying … Read more