And in Madison, Wisconsin, 14,000 people gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol for a “Day Without Latinos and Immigrants.” The demonstration was in protest of two bills in the Wisconsin Legislature. One bill would ban local governments from issuing photo ID cards. The second bill would allow the police to hold people for up to two days after an arrest in order to investigate their immigration status. Activists say the bill would lead to racial profiling against immigrants. At the protest, Marianna Sierra spoke out.

Marianna Sierra: “People will notice that a lot of places are not going to have customers and schools are not going to have students. So, that’s the point, so they can see how important we are in this county.”