For one Atlanta grocery store owner who relies on undocumented immigrants, the future is murky
Atlanta, GA – In the El Progreso supermarket in Atlanta, Georgia, it sometimes brings the price of a gallon of milk, or drives customers.
Luz Hernandez opened her first grocery store in 2014, one of four grocery stores she owns in the Atlanta metropolitan area. She said High food prices Her client is currently dealing with the first issue.
“They used to come in and buy food…$100,” Hernandez said. “It’s $300 now.”
At El Progreso, essentials like milk and cheese are staples for her primarily Latino customers. The products provided hernandez, an immigrant from El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border at the age of 16 in 1996. She became a U.S. citizen in 2012.
Hernandez, now a business owner, said she is focused on what’s going on. She said she voted in favor of Trump last November because of her position on the economy.
“Because the economy is one thing, and immigration is another,” Hernandez explained. “And, you have to decide immediately, like the owner, to have a greater impact on my clients.”
Since taking office, Mr. Trump has carried out a major crackdown on illegal immigration, and more than half of Hernandez’s employees have not been documented. She knew it could have a significant impact on the future of her business.
“If Donald Trump says he’s going to solve the economy,” Hernandez said. “I don’t think he’s going to solve the economy without my clients.”
Mr. Trump vows to make the biggest Massive deportation work In American history. But Hernandez can’t see the president able to repair the economic world while expelling many undocumented immigrants.
She admitted that such a situation might require her to close the store.
“I can’t handle it without employees,” Hernandez said. “And I can’t handle it without customers. It’s impossible.”
