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What would a day be like without Latinos?

Madison will be pondering that today as thousands of Latinos will be leaving school, work, and businesses to come to the state Capitol building to protest two pieces of anti-immigration legislation that the Wisconsin State Legislature is trying to push through. Several area businesses will be closed today for “Día Sin Latinos (Day Without Latinos)” to demonstrate what the community would be like without Latinos and immigrants.

These past couple of weeks, Wisconsinites — mostly the Latino/immigrant community — have been fighting proposed legislative laws AB 450 and SB 533.

AB 450 is an anti-immigration bill that would allow police and other officials to stop people and ask them for their legal status. If they failed to provide the required or correct documents, one will be charged as a criminal and a possible deportation could take place. This law will be very similar to those passed in Arizona. It has been passed through the assembly committee of Wisconsin.

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