“Certainly something is happening,” he said. “There is not as much, in particular the Latino, as before.”
Muller and his wife have noticed missing customers in one of their favorite lair, the colonial market and the restaurant, a few kilometers east along the corridor on rue Lake.
“Just Friday evening, my wife and I were there, and it was really calm. Really calm, ”said Muller. “It’s heartbreaking. You think of these small businesses, as if to survive Cavid and everything after the murder of George Floyd, and now you have that. It’s like a thing afterwards. “”
A week ago, hundreds of residents, activists and owners of small businesses marched on Lake Street to protest against expulsion efforts and to show their support for immigrants.
Maria Cristina and her daughter, Kayla, join hundreds in a protest of February 1 against mass deportations along Lake Street in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores / The Minnesota Star Tribune)
On Monday, the effort of solidarity “A Day Without Immigrants” had dozens of store owners in the districts of Phillips and West St. Paul, in order to highlight the services and the trade which arise from immigrant districts.
In Midtown on Monday, 75% of sellers closed their stands to show their support for the few owners of Latinos stores and their many Latin customers.