Recently, a Yakima area activist group, We Are Community, called on Hispanics to boycott Yakima businesses that do not publicly support immigration reform. The boycott is scheduled for the first three days in May, and the aim is to show how big an impact the Hispanic community has on the local economy.

Yakima attorney Stephen Robbins is one of the boycott's supporters. Robbins was a guest on Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show. He talked about We Are Community, how the proposed boycott came to be, and what the group hopes to achieve,

Click this player to listen to the interview.

Part One

Part Two

Learn about the history of boycotts in America here.

 

 

 

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