Immigrant advocates bring Culver City to standstill with ‘community stoppage’ protest and major boycotts – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Immigrant advocates bring Culver City to standstill with ‘community stoppage’ protest and major boycotts – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

LOS ANGELES — Immigrant-rights advocates undertook a daylong “community stoppage” Aug. 12 with a 24-hour boycott of various businesses, plus rallies opposing federal immigration enforcement operations. The action, which began at midnight, was organized by several groups, including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles, Service Employees International Union Local 721, Central American Resource Center of Los Angeles and the Garment…