A day without Mexicans in Mammoth? Locals mull how to get a message to Trump

If all the service workers born in Mexico stayed home from their jobs for just one day in this thriving resort town perched high in California’s Sierra Nevada, the humming tourist economy would probably faceplant harder than a first-time skier on an icy expert slope. Restaurant kitchens and hotel break rooms in Mammoth Lakes have been buzzing with the notion of Latino workers staging a one-day strike to demonstrate the town’s dependence on imported labor. And Trump is in construction, Julio joked, so, “I’m pretty sure he’s got some undocumented people working for him, too.” In fact, while Julio was put off by the sweeping, derogatory comments Trump made about Mexicans during the campaign, he thinks Trump is “a pretty good president.” He’s right about deporting people who come across the border illegally “looking for free stuff,” Julio said. I didn’t get any low-income housing, because I don’t think I need it.” He hopes Trump will spare hard workers, like him, who “make the country stronger,” he said. Like many law enforcement officers in California, Mono County Sheriff Ingrid Braun said she won’t help round up undocumented residents for deportation.