Just past 5 p.m. Thursday evening, a crowd of thousands in Downtown Brooklyn falls silent. As the sun sets over the cold, quiet mass of people, an Imam leads a call to prayer, his song interrupted only by the hum of helicopters overhead. The prayer opens a rally for Yemeni business owners and workers who've shuttered roughly 1,000 of their shops through the city and gathered to
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