NEW YORK – Now that immigrants have grabbed the nation’s attention, what next?

Monday has been set aside for immigrants to boycott work, school and shopping to show how much they matter to their communities. But with some growing tired of street protests, and others afraid they’ll be deported or fired for walking out, people are planning to support the effort in myriad ways.

Some will work but buy nothing on Monday. Others will protest at lunch breaks or at rallies after work. There will be church services, candlelight vigils, picnics and human chains.

The range of activities shows both how powerful the immigrants’ rights movement has become in a matter of weeks, and that organizers don’t yet have a clear focus on its next step.

“It’s highly unpredictable what’s going to happen,” said Harley Shaiken, director of the Center for Latin American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. “What unites everyone that’s going to do something on May 1 is they are making visible their strong feelings.”

Thanks to the success of previous rallies plus media attention, planning for Monday’s events, collectively called Un Dia Sin Inmigrantes – A Day Without Immigrants – is widespread.