Thousands of Yemeni-Americans and their supporters rallied on the steps of Brooklyn’s Borough Hall on Thursday evening to protest Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to travelers from Yemen and six other Muslim-majority nations.
Enormous crowd here at Brooklyn Borough Hall supporting #BodegaStrike #NoBanNoWall chanting "USA! USA!" Very high energy. pic.twitter.com/3y4yJM95VC
— Mike Sandmel (@mikeysandmel) February 2, 2017
The #BodegaStrike rally keeps breaking into loud chants of "USA!" pic.twitter.com/OMo52i8sug
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) February 2, 2017
My colleague Lauren Feeney was at the rally and streamed live video updates via Facebook.
Yemeni-Americans are gathering in Brooklyn today to protest Trump's executive order. Scenes from the #BodegaProtest: https://t.co/BOZFXKWO3y pic.twitter.com/tDYTo4NZxr
— The Intercept (@theintercept) February 2, 2017
Images shared by other journalists at the rally, including Liam Stack of the New York Times and Joe Penney of Reuters, showed a sea of Yemeni and American flags.
There are *a lot* of Yemeni bodega owners (and their supporters) at the rally in Downtown Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/s6xUFOxym3
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) February 2, 2017
Massive yemeni community protest in front of brooklyn borough hall now pic.twitter.com/xsWsGa4VyN
— joe penney (@joepenney) February 2, 2017
Bodega strike against #MuslimBan: a sea of US & Yemeni flags, someone says: "We must show Trump we're from this country—we will never leave" pic.twitter.com/NUMVDx80kU
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) February 2, 2017
The rally took place during an eight-hour strike by hundreds of Yemeni-owned grocery stores, also known as bodegas, across New York City.
#bodegastrike pic.twitter.com/rYrYeXK1XN
— katie ???? (@katieraffa) February 2, 2017
At my local bodega. #bodega #bodegastrike pic.twitter.com/SGP4j36qHG
— Shawna Laken Klein (@shawnalaken) February 2, 2017
Over 1,000 bodegas are closed rn as Yemeni-Americans protest the immigration ban. Also, I ??NY https://t.co/vMMZwZVGAG
— Adam Chandler (@AllMyChandler) February 2, 2017
Issa, a #BodegaStrike worker from Ibb #Yemen wants the ban reversed so friends and family can come to the US #MuslimBan pic.twitter.com/bFNx2QoQ6A
— Ben Piven (@benpiven) February 2, 2017
Supporting our neighbors in Crown Heights ????? #BodegaStrike #NoBanNoWall pic.twitter.com/acx6qtlwYp
— rory solomon (@rorys) February 2, 2017
Nadal Deli, a bodega in the Bronx is 24 hours, so they plan on closing after buying locks, since they never had to close.
— Talal Ansari (@TalalNAnsari) February 2, 2017
Shutting down pic.twitter.com/M8ZE4BhR4k
— Talal Ansari (@TalalNAnsari) February 2, 2017
